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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
448 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTH CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 448 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 4 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...
VILLE PLATTE, MORROW, WHITEVILLE, BIG CANE, GOUDEAU, LEBEAU AND
INDIAN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3072 9232 3075 9229 3077 9229 3080 9227
3083 9221 3085 9214 3089 9207 3089 9199
3088 9192 3086 9189 3083 9189 3080 9187
3077 9187 3073 9189 3073 9191 3071 9210
3067 9223 3068 9233
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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