TORLCH
LAC039-241445-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0052.091224T1422Z-091224T1445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
822 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VILLE PLATTE...

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 820 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR VILLE
  PLATTE...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. LANDRY BY 845 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADO MAY FORM AT ANY
TIME. TAKE COVER NOW! ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME...WHETHER IT IS TIED DOWN OR NOT...
EVACUATE IT AND FIND A MORE STURDY SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES CAN BE
PICKED UP OR TOSSED BY THE TORNADO.

&&

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT
337-477-5285 EXTENSION 1.

LAT...LON 3066 9220 3065 9220 3066 9230 3085 9235
      3085 9221
TIME...MOT...LOC 1422Z 179DEG 19KT 3070 9225

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ERICKSON