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WGUS74 KLCH 142345
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
645 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2025
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RAPIDES LA-
645 PM CDT THU AUG 14 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH...
AT 645 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, BALL,
KINGSVILLE, TIOGA, KOLIN, PARADISE, LIBUSE, ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT
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 9243 3117 9251 3118 9258 3132 9258
3140 9248 3140 9231 3114 9231
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MC
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