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WGUS54 KLCH 070056
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
756 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT.
* AT 756 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING IN SOME
AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OR BEGIN SHORTLY IN OTHER AREAS.
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, LEESVILLE, HINESTON, ALEXANDRIA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FORT POLK, BALL, NEW LLANO, OTIS, GARDNER,
ELMER, SIEPER, LEANDER, LACAMP, TIOGA, KINGSVILLE, PARADISE,
KOLIN, LIBUSE AND ESLER REGIONAL AIRPORT.
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.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3145 9218 3144 9216 3140 9215 3139 9212
3138 9212 3138 9211 3138 9210 3137 9208
3134 9207 3134 9209 3132 9208 3134 9205
3131 9203 3103 9284 3098 9339 3114 9330
3137 9264
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
STIGGER/87
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