The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA and the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK have issued statements regarding the possibility of severe weather in this region on Friday and Friday night. The following statement was issued on Thursday by the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA: There is an Enhanced to Marginal Risk for all modes of severe weather and excessive rainfall late Friday into early Saturday. Part of the area is in now in an Enhanced Risk (3 out of 5), clipping parts of Tyler and Jasper Counties. All SE TX counties as well as a majority of our LA parishes reside in the Slight Risk (2 out of 5). A Marginal Risk (0 out of 5) covers the remainder of our LA parishes. The following statement was issued on Thursday by the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OR There is an Enhanced risk of severe weather Friday (11/4) for parts of northeastern TX into adjacent OK/AR/LA. Several tornadoes and scattered damaging winds are the main hazards. Storms will be ongoing early in the day with intensification expected during the afternoon/evening. The following is the latest National Weather Service forecast for the Jasper area: Friday - A slight chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after fpm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 3o mph. Chance of precipitation is 7O%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday Night - Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 55. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 3o mph. Chance of precipitation is l00%. New rainfall amounts