The National Weather Service has issued flood warnings for Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis and Beauregard parishes in Southwest Louisiana. This means flooding will occur! A flash flood warning has been added for Cameron Parish.

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The flooding affects waterways from Bundicks Lake to the Calcasieu River to the  Mermentau River and all Southwest Louisiana Waterways. If you live near a body of water you should start making all neccessary precaution. With waterways already full and many more inches of rain expected through tomorrow; flooding in now imenent.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...  NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...  SOUTHEASTERN HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS...  SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CST

 

 

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CALCASIEU RIVER AT OLD TOWN BAY. * FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT  5:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 3.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 5.0 FEET BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT... AT 5.0 FEET... WATER OVER LOWEST PORTIONS OF GOOS FERRY ROAD. CARS SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.

... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...

BUNDICK CREEK AT BUNDICK LAKE WHISKY CHITTO CREEK NEAR MITTIE CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR OAKDALE CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR OBERLIN CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR KINDER CALCASIEU RIVER AT OLD TOWN BAY CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR SALT WATER BARRIER BAYOU NEZPIQUE NEAR BASILE MERMENTAU RIVER NEAR MERMENTAU

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR KINDER. * FROM FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT  9:00 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.0 FEET BY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACT... AT 16.0 FEET... FLOODING OF WOODED AREAS NEAR THE RIVER WILL OCCUR.

* FLOOD WARNING FOR THE BUNDICK CREEK AT BUNDICK LAKE. * FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT  9:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 94.9 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 97.0 FEET. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 97.5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT... AT 97.0 FEET... MINOR FLOODING BEGINS AROUND THE LAKE...  ESPECIALLY THE NORTH END OF THE LAKE.

FLOOD WARNING FOR THE WHISKY CHITTO CREEK NEAR MITTIE. * FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED. * AT  9:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.8 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * FORECAST... RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY SATURDAY EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT... AT 15.0 FEET... MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING NEAR THE CREEK WILL OCCUR.

.RAIN HEAVY AT TIMES WILL SPREAD OVER THE CALCASIEU MERMENTAU RIVER BASINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME ONLY 24 HOURS OF RAINFALL WERE USED FORECAST THESE RIVER LEVELS AND AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS ARE GENERALLY FORECAST TO BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. THE RAINS WILL BE ENDING THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA... HOWEVER ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ONGOING AT THAT TIME MAY CONTRIBUTE TO HIGHER STAGES THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST STAGE FORECAST AS THESE WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON THE LATEST RAINFALL FORECAST TRENDS.

 

 

 

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