548
WGUS54 KLCH 091446
FFWLCH
LAC045-055-099-113-091845-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0008.260509T1446Z-260509T1845Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
946 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
WEST CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT.
* AT 946 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
NEW IBERIA, ABBEVILLE, ST. MARTINVILLE, KAPLAN, AVERY ISLAND,
BROUSSARD, YOUNGSVILLE, ERATH, DELCAMBRE, LOREAUVILLE, COTEAU,
ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, CADE, JEFFERSON ISLAND, LYDIA, LAKE
FAUSSE POINTE AND MEAUX.
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 2997 9232 3007 9205 3016 9179 3010 9148
2990 9185 2989 9223
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
MC
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