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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
512 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.
* AT 512 PM CDT, TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 4
INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 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...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.
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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BALL,
KOLIN, KINGSVILLE, TIOGA, PARADISE, LIBUSE AND WOODWORTH.
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 3114 9233 3114 9245 3121 9258 3134 9254
3140 9240 3133 9229 3124 9229
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-4 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
JONES
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