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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
1157 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
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AVOYELLES LA-EVANGELINE LA-ST. LANDRY LA-
1157 AM CDT FRI JUN 26 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT SATURDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* 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. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE
WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN
URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1157 AM CDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
RUNOFF AND STANDING WATER FROM PREVIOUS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MELVILLE, PALMETTO, MORROW, BAYOU CURRENT, PORT BARRE,
LEBEAU, BIG CANE, GOUDEAU, DUPONT AND WHITEVILLE.
- 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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 3093 9229 3089 9216 3094 9202 3095 9192
3096 9183 3089 9184 3086 9182 3085 9182
3083 9180 3081 9181 3080 9178 3070 9173
3067 9174 3066 9175 3063 9174 3061 9175
3058 9175 3053 9186 3053 9195 3090 9231
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