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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1247 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN RAPIDES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT.
* AT 1247 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. 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...
MARKSVILLE, BUNKIE, CHENEYVILLE, MORROW, BAYOU CURRENT, LECOMPTE,
ECHO, BIG CANE, WHITEVILLE, BROUILLETTE, INDIAN LAKE, LEBEAU, LAKE
OPHELIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ST. LANDRY AND FOREST HILL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3126 9200 3123 9199 3125 9195 3122 9194
3123 9192 3127 9195 3129 9190 3126 9185
3127 9183 3123 9179 3119 9168 3113 9172
3109 9223 3085 9219 3085 9182 3083 9180
3081 9181 3078 9177 3067 9211 3106 9251
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
TINGLER
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