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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1244 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTAL AND SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 1244 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AVOYELLES PARISH.
BETWEEN 12 AND 26 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTAL AND 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 WITH NUMEROUS HOMES
FLOODED
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...
BUNKIE, SIMMESPORT, MOREAUVILLE, BORDELONVILLE, COTTONPORT,
MANSURA, HESSMER, EVERGREEN, PLAUCHEVILLE, DUPONT, GOUDEAU, BIG
BEND 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 3109 9223 3113 9172 3112 9172 3110 9170
3109 9172 3108 9171 3104 9172 3100 9177
3099 9178 3098 9181 3088 9180 3086 9180
3086 9182 3085 9182 3085 9219 3096 9221
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
TINGLER
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