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WGUS54 KLCH 080221
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
821 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* AT 821 PM CST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 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...
VILLE PLATTE, MAMOU, KINDER, OBERLIN, TURKEY CREEK, PALMETTO, PINE
PRAIRIE, WASHINGTON, REDDELL, CHICOT STATE PARK, BAYOU CHICOT,
INDIAN LAKE, GRAND PRAIRIE, WHITEVILLE, DURALDE, BEAVER, BOND,
LEBEAU AND ST. LANDRY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3062 9285 3070 9273 3088 9249 3090 9237
3085 9224 3084 9221 3082 9210 3081 9181
3076 9179 3067 9184 3060 9189 3058 9192
3063 9212 3063 9223 3050 9267 3048 9281
3054 9287
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BRAZZELL
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