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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
856 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
VERNON PARISH IN WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* AT 856 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 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...
ALEXANDRIA, PINEVILLE, LEESVILLE, MARKSVILLE, BUNKIE, ROSEPINE,
GLENMORA, BOYCE, MOREAUVILLE, ANACOCO, CHENEYVILLE, HINESTON,
ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LENA, PITKIN, SLAGLE, FORT POLK,
EFFIE, BORDELONVILLE AND BALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3128 9344 3136 9339 3135 9295 3152 9272
3150 9268 3140 9270 3139 9266 3147 9216
3132 9208 3132 9200 3128 9202 3123 9199
3123 9192 3127 9195 3130 9191 3118 9179
3089 9200 3090 9328 3094 9349 3128 9351
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BRAZZELL
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