Tornado Watch

Locations Affected

Lake Charles, LA ∙ Boyce, LA ∙ Ville Platte, LA ∙ Simmesport, LA ∙ Hayes, LA ∙ Leonville, LA ∙ Curtis, TX ∙ Big Thicket National Preserve, TX ∙ Fort Polk South, LA ∙ Hathaway, LA

Full Alert Message

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 57 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 638 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026 The National Weather Service has issued tornado watch 57 in effect until midnight cdt tonight for the following areas in louisiana this watch includes 10 parishes in central louisiana avoyelles evangeline rapides st. landry in southwest louisiana acadia allen beauregard calcasieu jefferson davis in west central louisiana vernon in texas this watch includes 5 counties in southeast texas hardin jasper newton orange tyler this includes the cities of alexandria, beaver, bleakwood, branch, bridge city, buna, bundick lake, bunkie, burkeville, call, church point, cottonport, crowley, de ridder, effie, eunice, farrsville, fields, fort polk, fred, gist, hathaway, hillister, holly springs, ivanhoe, jamestown, jasper, jennings, kinder, kirbyville, lake arthur, lake charles, lawtell, leesville, lumberton, magnolia springs, mamou, mansura, marksville, mt. union, newton, oakdale, opelousas, orange, oretta, pickering, pineville, rayne, reddell, richard, roanoke, silsbee, simmesport, slagle, spurger, st. landry, sulphur, topsy, town bluff, vidor, ville platte, warren, welsh, wiergate, and woodville.

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