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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
816 AM CDT THU APR 24 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
WESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.
* AT 816 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 6 AND 8
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AS IT MOVES OUT OF THE
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
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, BROUSSARD AND YOUNGSVILLE.
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 3010 9193 3006 9201 3020 9208 3026 9201
3026 9196 3015 9190
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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