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WGUS64 KLCH 011917
FFALCH
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
217 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
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LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-NORTHERN ACADIA-UPPER VERMILION-UPPER
IBERIA-SOUTHERN ACADIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JEANERETTE, CROWLEY, LAFAYETTE, RAYNE,
BRANCH, CHURCH POINT, KAPLAN, MEAUX, MORSE, NEW IBERIA, BREAUX
BRIDGE, ST. MARTINVILLE, MAURICE, GUEYDAN, IOTA, AND CADE
217 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA,
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PARISHES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA,
LAFAYETTE, UPPER IBERIA AND UPPER ST. MARTIN. IN SOUTHWEST
LOUISIANA, NORTHERN ACADIA, SOUTHERN ACADIA AND UPPER VERMILION.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* 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...
- AREAS WITHIN LOWER ACADIANA RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES
OF
RAINFALL YESTERDAY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES RECEIVED TODAY.
THERE IS ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTER LOOKING TO MOVE INTO
THIS
NEWLY SATURATED REGION, THUS THE WATCH WILL BE EXPANDED TO
INCLUDE
AREAS WHICH MAY NOW EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING FROM
THUNDERSTORM
RAIN THIS AFTERNOON.
- 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.
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VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
TYLER-HARDIN-NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-
SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GIST, FIELDS, EVADALE, DE RIDDER, FRED,
BURKEVILLE, SILSBEE, SPURGER, KINDER, MANSURA, NEWTON,
SIMMESPORT, JASPER, PINEVILLE, BEAVER, ORETTA, ST. LANDRY,
BUNDICK LAKE, BUNA, JAMESTOWN, KIRBYVILLE, TOWN BLUFF, WIERGATE,
BLEAKWOOD, OPELOUSAS, OAKDALE, LEESVILLE, MAMOU, ALEXANDRIA,
REDDELL, IVANHOE, FORT POLK, LAWTELL, MARKSVILLE, HILLISTER,
WOODVILLE, MAGNOLIA SPRINGS, VILLE PLATTE, EUNICE, SLAGLE, CALL,
DEWEYVILLE, PICKERING, EFFIE, FARRSVILLE, HOLLY SPRINGS, WARREN,
LUMBERTON, MT. UNION, BUNKIE, ROGANVILLE, AND COTTONPORT
217 PM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING PARISHES,
ALLEN, AVOYELLES, BEAUREGARD, EVANGELINE, RAPIDES, ST. LANDRY AND
VERNON AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, HARDIN,
NORTHERN JASPER, NORTHERN NEWTON, SOUTHERN JASPER, SOUTHERN NEWTON
AND TYLER.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* 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...
- AREAS HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
YESTERDAY WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES RECEIVED TODAY.
AREAS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER REPEATEDLY MAY EXPERIENCE
RAPID ONSET FLOODING.
- 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
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