TORLCH
LAC045-113-241500-
/O.NEW.KLCH.TO.W.0053.091224T1432Z-091224T1500Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...NEW IBERIA...AVERY ISLAND...
  EAST CENTRAL VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 900 AM CST

* AT 831 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF AVERY ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ERATH AND AVERY ISLAND BY 845 AM CST...
  DELCAMBRE BY 850 AM CST...
  NEW IBERIA BY 900 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 2981 9209 3005 9202 3002 9178 2983 9194
      2982 9195 2983 9196 2980 9196 2980 9197
      2979 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 199DEG 25KT 2984 9201

$$

ERICKSON