As lightening storm hits Avoyelles, the following has just been issued:





TORNADO WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA

122 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A



* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

THIS INCLUDES SIMMESPORT...



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR EVERGREEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.



* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

PLAUCHEVILLE BY 130 AM CDT...

DUPONT BY 135 AM CDT...

SIMMESPORT BY 145 AM CDT...



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.



THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.





PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.