WFUS54 KLCH 240658
TORLCH
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
152 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT

* AT 155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HURRICANE EYEWALL MOVING OVER   
  THE WARNING AREA.

* DESTRUCTIVE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS  
  CAMERON PARISH AND JEFFERSON COUNTY PRODUCING TORNADO-LIKE        
  DAMAGE THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

TAKE COVER NOW! TREAT THESE IMMINENT EXTREME WINDS AS IF A TORNADO
WAS APPROACHING. MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO THE SAFE ROOM IN YOUR
SHELTER AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

THESE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND DAMAGE SIMILAR TO A
TORNADO. SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND REMAIN IN YOUR SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE EYEWALL PASSES.

CALL 337-477-5285 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3024 9285 3035 9338 3024 9365 3018 9404
      2976 9411 2970 9402 2979 9358 2980 9309
      2963 9261

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