TX/OK/AR/LA/MO/TN/MS Under the severe scale today-March 18th

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
126 PM CST TUE MAR 18 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NEWTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

* UNTIL 230 PM CST

* AT 121 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19
MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWTON TO 9 MILES WEST OF NEWTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWTON BY 135 PM CST
JAMESTOWN BY 140 PM CST
FARRSVILLE BY 150 PM CST
WIERGATE BY 200 PM CST
BURKEVILLE BY 205 PM CST
TOLEDO BEND DAM BY 230 PM CST

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.