944
WGUS74 KLCH 181711
FFSLCH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1211 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
LAC009-181800-
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AVOYELLES LA-
1211 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN AVOYELLES PARISH...
AT 1211 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN PLAUCHEVILLE, COTTONPORT, MOREAUVILLE,
BORDELONVILLE, SIMMESPORT, AND DUPONT. BETWEEN 12 AND 24 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH. THIS
IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED EVACUATIONS AT MULTIPLE
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA.
IMPACT...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW! LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS, SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SIMMESPORT, MOREAUVILLE, BORDELONVILLE, COTTONPORT, EVERGREEN,
PLAUCHEVILLE, DUPONT, BIG BEND, GOUDEAU AND HAMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND
LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3112 9171 3106 9172 3100 9177 3099 9179
3098 9180 3096 9180 3085 9201 3092 9212
3104 9203 3111 9191 3112 9172
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
TINGLER
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