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WGUS54 KLCH 200243
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LAC009-200545-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
943 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.
* AT 943 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN DUPONT. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SIMMESPORT, MOREAUVILLE, COTTONPORT, PLAUCHEVILLE, DUPONT, GOUDEAU
AND HAMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3103 9181 3092 9180 3091 9180 3090 9180
3088 9180 3087 9180 3086 9180 3086 9181
3086 9182 3086 9205 3095 9206 3100 9205
3104 9204 3104 9192
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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