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WGUS54 KLCH 062338
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LAC079-070100-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
638 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT.
* AT 638 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, KOLIN AND LIBUSE.
FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND MORE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SHORTLY.
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.
LAT...LON 3132 9251 3136 9241 3138 9230 3129 9228
3122 9245 3124 9249 3127 9254
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
STIGGER/87
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