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WGUS74 KLCH 052046
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
346 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026
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BEAUREGARD LA-VERNON LA-
346 PM CDT SAT SEP 5 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN BEAUREGARD AND SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON
PARISHES...
AT 346 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN DERIDDER. UP TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
DE RIDDER, ROSEPINE AND TULLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 3088 9342 3095 9341 3095 9340 3096 9332
3091 9311 3080 9309 3068 9321 3078 9344
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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