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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1217 PM CST THU DEC 4 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 130 PM CST.
* AT 1217 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS
0.75 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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, NEW IBERIA, CROWLEY, ABBEVILLE, CATAHOULA, JENNINGS,
SCOTT, BREAUX BRIDGE, RAYNE, CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE,
JEANERETTE, KAPLAN, WELSH, LAKE ARTHUR, GUEYDAN, MERMENTAU, FORKED
ISLAND, AVERY ISLAND AND KLONDIKE.
CADE FARMS HAS REPORTED 5.42 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS.
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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 2997 9303 3008 9296 3008 9289 3016 9292
3020 9289 3025 9272 3027 9230 3032 9214
3030 9214 3042 9187 3041 9163 3037 9165
3026 9159 3023 9148 3010 9146 3006 9127
2981 9209 2978 9262 2981 9283 2987 9300
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.75-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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