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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
153 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

UNTIL 255 AM CST

AT 150 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF CAMERON MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON BAYOU.

TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
HACKBERRY BY 210 AM CST
GRAND LAKE BY 215 AM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
155 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

UNTIL 300 AM CST

AT 154 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF LAKE CHARLES OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SULPHUR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
SULPHUR BY 156 AM CST
PERKINS BY 200 AM CST
MOSS BLUFF BY 210 AM CST
GILLIS BY 215 AM CST

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS.


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
206 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

UNTIL 310 AM CST

AT 205 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF KINDER OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REEVES MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
REEVES BY 210 AM CST
INDIAN VILLAGE BY 210 AM CST
KINDER BY 225 AM CST
OBERLIN BY 240 AM CST
OAKDALE BY 300 AM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.


SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
214 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON PARISH UNTIL 255 AM...
...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR CALCASIEU PARISH TILL 300 AM...

AT 211 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES EXTENDING FROM NEAR GILLIS IN NORTHEAST CALCASIEU PARISH TO NEAR JOHNSON BAYOU IN CAMERON PARISH. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS IS NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE AS THEY MOVED THROUGH SULPHUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.


SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
235 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALLEN PARISH UNTIL 310 AM...

AT 233 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEN PARISH SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.


BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
238 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

TORNADO WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA

UNTIL 340 AM CST

AT 236 AM CST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JENNINGS OR 19 MILES WEST OF LAKE ARTHUR MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

TORNADO WILL BE NEAR
WELSH BY 300 AM CST
JENNINGS BY 310 AM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.


SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
258 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999

...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH UNTIL 340 AM...

AT 255 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF WELSH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PERSONS IN WELSH...ROANOKE AND JENNINGS SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW.

 

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