Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... central Rapides Parish in central Louisiana... this includes... Pineville... Alexandria

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... central Rapides Parish in central Louisiana... this includes... Pineville... Alexandria...

* until 1015 PM CDT

* at 917 PM CDT... National Weather Service meteorologists detected a severe thunderstorm... capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph... 9 miles south of Alexandria... moving northeast at 20 mph.

* The severe thunderstorm will be near... Alexandria by 935 PM CDT... Pineville by 945 PM CDT... Kolin and Kingsville by 950 PM CDT... Libuse by 955 PM CDT...

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

Severe thunderstorms produce damaging winds in excess of 60 mph... destructive hail... deadly lightning... and heavy rain. Stay indoors... away from windows.

Radar indicated some rotation with this storm. Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes with little warning.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 am CDT Monday morning for southwest Louisiana.

Please report severe weather to the National Weather Service at 337-477-5285 extension 1.