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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1051 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
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ST. LANDRY LA-
1051 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
PARISH, ST. LANDRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 500 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1051 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS
ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- FLOOD WATER FROM HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH AVOYELLES AND NORTH
SAINT
LANDRY PARISHES IS DRAINING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL SAINT
LANDRY.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR ALONG BAYOU DES GLAISES DIVERSION CANAL,
BAYOU
COURTABLEAU, AND BAYOU TECHE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 190.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PALMETTO, PORT BARRE AND WASHINGTON.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3068 9208 3075 9188 3055 9186 3055 9201
TINGLER
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