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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
530 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EAST CENTRAL EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT.
* AT 530 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 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...
VILLE PLATTE, BUNKIE, SIMMESPORT, MORROW, BAYOU CURRENT,
COTTONPORT, EVERGREEN, PLAUCHEVILLE, BIG CANE, GOUDEAU,
WHITEVILLE, LEBEAU, DUPONT, GRAND PRAIRIE, INDIAN LAKE, CHICOT
STATE PARK AND ST. LANDRY.
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 3099 9208 3099 9178 3098 9181 3093 9180
3087 9180 3086 9182 3083 9180 3082 9181
3081 9181 3079 9178 3078 9177 3074 9192
3062 9221 3065 9231 3076 9233 3094 9219
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
BRAZZELL
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