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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
234 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
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VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-EAST
CAMERON-NORTHERN CALCASIEU-NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-NORTHERN
ACADIA-UPPER VERMILION-UPPER IBERIA-UPPER ST. MARY-SOUTHERN
CALCASIEU-SOUTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS-SOUTHERN ACADIA-LOWER
VERMILION-LOWER IBERIA-LOWER ST. MARY-TYLER-HARDIN-NORTHERN
JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-UPPER
JEFFERSON-NORTHERN ORANGE-LOWER JEFFERSON-SOUTHERN ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KAPLAN, EFFIE, BREAUX BRIDGE, DE QUINCY,
MARKSVILLE, REDDELL, ST. MARTINVILLE, LUMBERTON, FORKED ISLAND,
JEANERETTE, BELL CITY, CAMERON, WARREN, BERWICK, KIRBYVILLE, FORT
JOHNSON, HILLISTER, GRAND CHENIER, OPELOUSAS, GUEYDAN, JAMESTOWN,
ORETTA, ORANGE, LAKE CHARLES, BURKEVILLE, BRIDGE CITY, CROWLEY,
ELTON, PICKERING, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, SIMMESPORT, STEPHENSVILLE,
TOPSY, INTRACOASTAL CITY, HOLLY SPRINGS, CARLYSS, EUNICE,
IVANHOE, MEAUX, FRANKLIN, JOHNSON BAYOU, SULPHUR, CENTERVILLE,
VILLE PLATTE, MT. UNION, HACKBERRY, HAYES, TOWN BLUFF, JENNINGS,
COTTONPORT, BAYOU VISTA, WIERGATE, MAURICEVILLE, CHINA,
ABBEVILLE, GRAND LAKE, CYPREMORT POINT, HATHAWAY, RUTHERFORD
BEACH, KLONDIKE, VINTON, NEW IBERIA, LAWTELL, KINDER, ROGANVILLE,
BUNKIE, BLEAKWOOD, FENTON, SLAGLE, DE RIDDER, JASPER, MANSURA,
FARRSVILLE, GIST, IOWA, AVERY ISLAND, FIELDS, IOTA, BRANCH, BUNA,
BURNS POINT, CADE, VIDOR, ST. LANDRY, MAURICE, PATTERSON,
OAKDALE, SEA RIM STATE PARK, NEDERLAND, BEAVER, SILSBEE, CHURCH
POINT, LAKE ARTHUR, MOSS BLUFF, PORT ARTHUR, FRED, SABINE PASS,
WESTLAKE, PINEVILLE, CREOLE, BEAUMONT, WELSH, EVADALE, MORGAN
CITY, SPURGER, WOODVILLE, RAYNE, DEWEYVILLE, CALL, MAMOU,
ALEXANDRIA, LEESVILLE, BUNDICK LAKE, MORSE, LAFAYETTE, AND NEWTON
234 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PARISHES,
ALLEN, AVOYELLES, BEAUREGARD, EAST CAMERON, EVANGELINE, LAFAYETTE,
LOWER IBERIA, LOWER ST. MARTIN, LOWER ST. MARY, LOWER VERMILION,
NORTHERN ACADIA, NORTHERN CALCASIEU, NORTHERN JEFFERSON DAVIS,
RAPIDES, SOUTHERN ACADIA, SOUTHERN CALCASIEU, SOUTHERN JEFFERSON
DAVIS, ST. LANDRY, UPPER IBERIA, UPPER ST. MARTIN, UPPER ST. MARY,
UPPER VERMILION, VERNON AND WEST CAMERON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, HARDIN, LOWER JEFFERSON, NORTHERN
JASPER, NORTHERN NEWTON, NORTHERN ORANGE, SOUTHERN JASPER,
SOUTHERN NEWTON, SOUTHERN ORANGE, TYLER AND UPPER JEFFERSON.
* WHEN...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH SOME AREAS
POSSIBLY SEEING UP TO 10 TO 12 INCHES. RIVER RESPONSES COULD
BE SIGNIFICANT IN THE NECHES, SABINE, LOWER CALCASIEU AND
MERMENTAU BASINS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
BRAZZELL
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