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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1031 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
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AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-
1031 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
PARISHES, AVOYELLES, EVANGELINE AND ST. LANDRY.
* 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1030 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 5 AND 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN AVOYELLES, EAST CENTRAL
EVANGELINE AND NORTH CENTRAL ST. LANDRY PARISHES
- 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 3086 9219 3077 9216 3077 9215 3076 9215
3075 9215 3074 9215 3073 9214 3072 9215
3072 9216 3073 9219 3075 9220 3076 9222
3080 9223 3083 9223 3084 9223 3086 9224
3087 9224 3087 9221
RUA
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