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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
950 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
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AVOYELLES LA-
950 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT SATURDAY
* 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 SATURDAY.
* 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 948 AM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN
THE WARNED AREA DUE TO RUNOFF AND STANDING WATER FROM
PREVIOUS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
BETWEEN 5 AND 29 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MARKSVILLE, BORDELONVILLE, EFFIE, BROUILLETTE AND LAKE
OPHELIA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
- 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.
LAT...LON 3108 9223 3123 9223 3124 9200 3122 9198
3124 9195 3122 9194 3124 9192 3124 9181
3120 9174 3121 9170 3119 9168 3116 9168
3115 9171 3112 9172 3112 9174
RUA
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