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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

1027 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025



The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Evangeline Parish in central Louisiana...

  Northwestern St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana...

  Northwestern Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

  Southern Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

  Northeastern Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana...



* Until 330 AM CDT.



* At 1027 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 

  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 

  1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 

  1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 

  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.



  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.



  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.



  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...

  Eunice, Ville Platte, Mamou, Kinder, Basile, Oberlin, Elton, 

  Turkey Creek, Reeves, Pine Prairie, Chataignier, Bond, Duralde, 

  Reddell, Bayou Chicot, Chicot State Park, Indian Lake, Harmony, 

  Leblanc and St. Landry.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 

deaths occur in vehicles.



Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 

dangers of flooding.



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LAT...LON 3069 9286 3074 9261 3100 9241 3087 9224

      3085 9224 3085 9214 3057 9222 3043 9254

      3044 9312



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED



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MC