The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* portions of Louisiana and southeast Texas...including the following areas...in Louisiana...Acadia...Allen...Avoyelles... Beauregard...Calcasieu...East Cameron...Evangeline...Iberia... Jefferson Davis...Lafayette...lower St. Martin...Rapides...St. Landry...St. Mary...upper St. Martin...Vermilion...Vernon and West Cameron. In southeast Texas...Jefferson and Orange.

* Until midnight CDT tonight

* average total rain amounts of 2 inches will be possible through this evening...with isolated amounts up to 4 inches possible.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.

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946 am CDT Sat Aug 30 2014

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a * Flood Watch for the Calcasieu River near Kinder * from Sunday morning to Wednesday afternoon. * At 7:30 am Saturday the stage was 2.2 feet. * Minor flooding is possible. * Flood stage is 16.0 feet. * Forecast...flood stage may be reached by tomorrow morning. * Impact...at stages near 16.0 feet...flooding of wooded areas near the river will occur.


Record Report

Statement as of 05:17 PM CDT on August 30, 2014

...Record daily maximum rainfall set at Lake Charles...

a record rainfall of 7.78 inches was set at Lake Charles today. This breaks the old record of 2.5 set in 1982.



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