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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1222 PM CST THU DEC 4 2025
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JEFFERSON DAVIS LA-
1222 PM CST THU DEC 4 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS
PARISH...
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO
HEED REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3032 9214 3030 9214 3042 9187 3039 9181
3041 9163 3037 9165 3026 9159 3023 9148
3010 9146 3008 9137 3006 9137 3006 9127
2981 9209 2978 9262 2984 9273 2993 9280
3020 9245
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ACADIA LA-CAMERON LA-IBERIA LA-LAFAYETTE LA-ST. MARTIN LA-
VERMILION LA-
1222 PM CST THU DEC 4 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN IBERIA, LAFAYETTE, ST. MARTIN, SOUTHERN
ACADIA, EAST CENTRAL CAMERON AND VERMILION PARISHES...
AT 1222 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, SCOTT,
BREAUX BRIDGE, RAYNE, CARENCRO, ST. MARTINVILLE, JEANERETTE,
KAPLAN, GUEYDAN, AVERY ISLAND, FORKED ISLAND, KLONDIKE, BROUSSARD,
YOUNGSVILLE, ERATH AND DELCAMBRE.
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 3032 9214 3030 9214 3042 9187 3039 9181
3041 9163 3037 9165 3026 9159 3023 9148
3010 9146 3008 9137 3006 9137 3006 9127
2981 9209 2978 9262 2984 9273 2993 9280
3020 9245
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.75-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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