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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

Flash Flood Warning

National Weather Service Lake Charles LA

449 AM CDT Wed May 7 2025



The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has extended the



* Flash Flood Warning for...

  Southern St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana...

  Northwestern Iberia Parish in south central Louisiana...

  Lafayette Parish in south central Louisiana...

  Northwestern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana...

  Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

  Southeastern Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

  Jefferson Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

  Northeastern Vermilion Parish in southwestern Louisiana...



* Until 700 AM CDT.



* At 449 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 

  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 4 and 8 inches of rain 

  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches are 

  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.



  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms

           producing flash flooding.



  SOURCE...Radar.



  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,

           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.



* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...

  Lafayette, New Iberia, Opelousas, Crowley, Catahoula, Eunice, 

  Jennings, Scott, Breaux Bridge, Rayne, Carencro, St. Martinville, 

  Church Point, Welsh, Iowa, Lake Arthur, Iota, Leonville, 

  Arnaudville and Mermentau.



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.



Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become 

unstable and unsafe.



&&



LAT...LON 3031 9305 3044 9293 3043 9254 3057 9221

      3069 9215 3067 9205 3021 9170 3005 9153

      2999 9167 3013 9311



FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE



$$



Brazzell