Flash Flood Warning Until 3:00 p.m.

Flash Flood Warning
Alert:
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF ST. MARTIN IBERIA AND
LAFAYETTE PARISHES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 1006 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 8 TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING AND MORE
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY WITH
HEAVIER RAINS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA THAT HAS RECEIVED 8 TO 11
INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL FIVE INCHES OR
MORE IS POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR PORTIONS OF ST.MARTIN...IBERIA
AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE MAJOR FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...NEW IBERIA...BROUSSARD...YOUNGSVILLE...CADE...COTEAU...

ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT AND MILTON.
Instructions: MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
Target Area:
Iberia
Lafayette
St. Martin