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Flash Flood Warning

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Lafayette, LA; St. Martin, LA

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

Details

FFWLCH
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Lafayette Parish in south central Louisiana... Northwestern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana...
* Until 930 AM CDT.
* At 711 AM CDT, the public reported thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Public reported.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Lafayette, Scott, Breaux Bridge, Carencro, Arnaudville, Broussard, Youngsville, Henderson, Cecilia and Parks.
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