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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
405 AM CDT THU APR 24 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
WESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 730 AM CDT.
* AT 405 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 3 TO 4 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. 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, SCOTT, CARENCRO, BROUSSARD AND YOUNGSVILLE.
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.
LAT...LON 3024 9215 3035 9203 3035 9199 3015 9190
3010 9193 3006 9201
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...3-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
24
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