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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1201 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
SOUTHERN ALLEN PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT.
* AT 1201 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 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...
OPELOUSAS, EUNICE, CARENCRO, VILLE PLATTE, CHURCH POINT, MAMOU,
KINDER, BASILE, OBERLIN, IOTA, ELTON, LEONVILLE, SUNSET, PORT
BARRE, WASHINGTON, GRAND COTEAU, CANKTON, CHATAIGNIER, DURALDE AND
SAVOY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3060 9300 3060 9298 3063 9298 3064 9298
3067 9260 3069 9217 3070 9199 3053 9191
3045 9193 3041 9197 3041 9198 3040 9198
3039 9198 3034 9203 3033 9243 3034 9281
3054 9301
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BRAZZELL
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