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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
457 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
LAC009-192300-
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AVOYELLES LA-
457 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT FRIDAY
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...URBAN AREA AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
PARISH, AVOYELLES.
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW
MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE
WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN
URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 457 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AVOYELLES
PARISH. BETWEEN 14 AND 28 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUNKIE, SIMMESPORT, MOREAUVILLE, BORDELONVILLE, COTTONPORT,
MANSURA, HESSMER, EVERGREEN, PLAUCHEVILLE, DUPONT, GOUDEAU,
BIG BEND AND HAMBURG.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS, CULVERTS, CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3108 9171 3104 9172 3100 9177 3099 9178
3098 9181 3088 9180 3086 9180 3086 9182
3085 9182 3085 9219 3109 9223 3113 9172
3112 9172 3110 9170 3109 9172
RUA
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