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Leesville City Police
Thursday April 4th, 2019 :: 02:37 a.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:15AM

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana...

* Until 315 AM CDT.

* At 228 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rosepine, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include... Leesville, Rosepine, Fort Polk, Slagle, Deridder, New Llano, Lacamp, Leander, Simpson and Pickering.

* AFFECTED AREAS: VERNON, LA

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Address/Location
Leesville City Police
101 West Lee Street
Leesville, LA 71446

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 337-238-0331

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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