Flash Flood alert update

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Alert:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN VERMILION PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
NORTHWESTERN IBERIA PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN EVANGELINE PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
ST. LANDRY PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTH CENTRAL AVOYELLES PARISH IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
EASTERN ACADIA PARISH IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...
LAFAYETTE PARISH IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 206 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. 5 TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA TODAY . FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
WITH SEVERAL HOMES AND ROADS FLOODED...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF
LAFAYETTE TO YOUNGSVILLE...CADE AND NEW IBERIA. WHILE HEAVIER
RAINFALL RATES HAVE LESSENED FOR THE TIME BEING...ADDITIONAL
HEAVIER RAINS ARE APPROACHING THE AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAFAYETTE...NEW IBERIA...OPELOUSAS...CROWLEY...ABBEVILLE...
CATAHOULA...SCOTT...BREAUX BRIDGE...RAYNE...CARENCRO...
VILLE PLATTE...ST.
MARTINVILLE...JEANERETTE...KAPLAN...CHURCH POINT...KROTZ SPRINGS...
LEONVILLE...ARNAUDVILLE...MELVILLE AND PALMETTO.
Instructions: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
Target Area:
Acadia
Avoyelles
Evangeline
Iberia
Lafayette
St. Landry
St. Martin
Vermilion