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WGUS64 KLCH 301741
FFALCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1241 PM CDT THU APR 30 2026
LAZ027-028-030-TXZ180-201-259>262-011900-
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VERNON-RAPIDES-BEAUREGARD-TYLER-HARDIN-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN
NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOLLY SPRINGS, JAMESTOWN, SLAGLE,
DEWEYVILLE, BUNA, BUNDICK LAKE, TOWN BLUFF, ROGANVILLE,
BURKEVILLE, ORETTA, DE RIDDER, LUMBERTON, KIRBYVILLE, MAGNOLIA
SPRINGS, NEWTON, WIERGATE, JASPER, FIELDS, MT. UNION, FRED,
SPURGER, HILLISTER, PINEVILLE, WOODVILLE, LEESVILLE, EVADALE,
FORT POLK, PICKERING, FARRSVILLE, ALEXANDRIA, CALL, WARREN,
BLEAKWOOD, IVANHOE, SILSBEE, AND GIST
1241 PM CDT THU APR 30 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PARISHES,
BEAUREGARD, RAPIDES AND VERNON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS, HARDIN, NORTHERN JASPER, NORTHERN NEWTON,
SOUTHERN JASPER, SOUTHERN NEWTON AND TYLER.
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- A BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO SET UP WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN AREA
OF
HEAVY RAINFALL AND REPEATING STORMS WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.
RAINFALL
TOTALS 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY BE
POSSIBLE.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
MC/TPS
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