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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
211 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 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 WELSH, MORGAN CITY, ELTON, FRANKLIN,
VINTON, BUNDICK LAKE, MARKSVILLE, OAKDALE, LAKE CHARLES, MAMOU,
BURNS POINT, REDDELL, BERWICK, VIDOR, IVANHOE, MANSURA, TOWN
BLUFF, MOSS BLUFF, ABBEVILLE, FORT JOHNSON, BAYOU VISTA,
HACKBERRY, HATHAWAY, WOODVILLE, LUMBERTON, CALL, GRAND CHENIER,
MT. UNION, BUNKIE, FIELDS, OPELOUSAS, PATTERSON, LAFAYETTE, IOWA,
RAYNE, LAWTELL, CROWLEY, PORT ARTHUR, HAYES, BREAUX BRIDGE,
COTTONPORT, MORSE, STEPHENSVILLE, MEAUX, CHURCH POINT, SEA RIM
STATE PARK, IOTA, KLONDIKE, RUTHERFORD BEACH, ROGANVILLE, DE
RIDDER, FRED, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, ALEXANDRIA, HILLISTER, JOHNSON
BAYOU, WESTLAKE, SPURGER, CHINA, WIERGATE, PINEVILLE, KINDER,
BUNA, VILLE PLATTE, BRIDGE CITY, MAURICEVILLE, CADE, MAURICE,
FORKED ISLAND, SLAGLE, EFFIE, JEANERETTE, DEWEYVILLE, NEDERLAND,
ORANGE, NEWTON, GUEYDAN, BLEAKWOOD, SULPHUR, CYPREMORT POINT,
EVADALE, BEAUMONT, CREOLE, JENNINGS, JAMESTOWN, SABINE PASS,
CAMERON, TOPSY, BURKEVILLE, BELL CITY, BEAVER, GRAND LAKE,
KAPLAN, KIRBYVILLE, EUNICE, NEW IBERIA, GIST, LEESVILLE, LAKE
ARTHUR, ORETTA, HOLLY SPRINGS, BRANCH, CENTERVILLE, FENTON,
SILSBEE, ST. LANDRY, SIMMESPORT, DE QUINCY, PICKERING, AVERY
ISLAND, FARRSVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE, CARLYSS, JASPER, WARREN, AND
INTRACOASTAL CITY
211 AM CDT TUE MAY 6 2025
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
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 1 PM CDT THIS 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 LOWER NECHES, SABINE, LOWER CALCASIEU,
MERMENTAU VERMILION 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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