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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1156 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2025
...THE FLOOD WATCH IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY
..THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT SIMMESPORT
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER ABOVE BUTTE LA ROSE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.
LAZ055-154-254-141700-
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1156 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2025
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY, APRIL 21 UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY.
* WHEN...FROM MONDAY, APRIL 21 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.0 FEET, BUILDINGS AT THE FOOT OF ANN STREET ON THE
RIVER SIDE OF THE FLOOD WALL WILL FLOOD AS WATER OVERTOPS THE RIO
OIL COMPANY DOCK. BUILDINGS ON THE RIVER SIDE OF THE BERWICK
FLOODWALL WILL FLOOD. RIVER TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS WILL BE STRICTLY
ENFORCED. IN ADDITION, BACKWATER FLOODING COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT
PORTIONS AREAS AROUND LAKE PALOURDE AND STEPHENSVILLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.9 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED MONDAY, APRIL 21.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
MORGAN CITY 6.0 3.9 SUN 11 AM CD 4.0 4.2 4.5
LAT...LON 2997 9124 2980 9110 2939 9113 2951 9154
2986 9139 2995 9147
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1156 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2025
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY, APRIL 24 TO FRIDAY,
APRIL 25...
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT SIMMESPORT.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY, APRIL 24 TO FRIDAY, APRIL 25.
* IMPACTS...AT 40.0 FEET, THERE WILL BE FLOODING OF AREAS INSIDE THE
LEVEES OF THE ATCHAFALYA FLOODWAY. CONSIDERABLE FLOODING IN THE
BACKWATER STORAGE AREA IN AVOYELLES PARISH.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:30 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 29.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED THURSDAY, APRIL 24.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 40.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
SIMMESPORT 40.0 29.5 SUN 11 AM CD 30.8 31.9 32.9
LAT...LON 3066 9188 3129 9197 3120 9162 3088 9174
3068 9166
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1156 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2025
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 25
* WHAT...FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ATCHAFALAYA RIVER ABOVE BUTTE LA ROSE.
* WHEN...FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 25.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.5 FEET.
- FORECAST...FLOOD STAGE MAY BE REACHED FRIDAY, APRIL 25.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (1 PM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME MON TUE WED
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
BUTTE LA ROSE 20.0 14.5 SUN 11 AM CD 14.8 15.6 16.0
LAT...LON 2995 9155 3056 9189 3056 9166 3021 9142
2997 9126
STIGGER/87
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