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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
712 PM CDT TUE APR 22 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT.
* AT 712 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1.5 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...
LAFAYETTE, CATAHOULA, SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE, ST. MARTINVILLE,
BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, CADE, BUTTE LA ROSE, PARKS AND MILTON.
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 3003 9197 3007 9207 3013 9209 3012 9211
3027 9217 3029 9182 3034 9163 3027 9159
3025 9158 3018 9162 3013 9176 3006 9190
3007 9191 3007 9195
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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