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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Lake Charles, LA

June 16, 20264 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2026, 2:48 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2026, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Acadia Parish, LA, Lafayette Parish, LA, Saint Landry Parish, LA, Saint Martin Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD4 Nnw Sunset, LADELAYED REPORT. Report of flooded roadway via sheriff office. Time estimated by MRMS Crest Unit Streamflow maxima.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 42 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2026-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2026-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

571 
WGUS54 KLCH 161948
FFWLCH
LAC001-055-097-099-162300-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FF.W.0038.260616T1948Z-260616T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
248 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern St. Landry Parish in central Louisiana...
  Northeastern Lafayette Parish in south central Louisiana...
  Northwestern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana...
  Northeastern Acadia Parish in southwestern Louisiana...

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 248 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Opelousas, Rayne, Carencro, Church Point, Krotz Springs, 
  Leonville, Arnaudville, Melville, Sunset, Port Barre, Grand 
  Coteau, Cankton and Mire.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3051 9219 3068 9182 3072 9176 3070 9173
      3068 9174 3067 9173 3066 9175 3063 9174
      3062 9175 3060 9175 3056 9176 3051 9173
      3051 9175 3050 9176 3050 9170 3048 9169
      3047 9167 3035 9185 3026 9228

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Brazzell
1 follow-up statement
076 
WGUS74 KLCH 162256
FFSLCH

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
556 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

LAC001-055-097-099-162306-
/O.EXP.KLCH.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-260616T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Acadia LA-Lafayette LA-St. Landry LA-St. Martin LA-
556 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LANDRY, NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE, NORTHWESTERN ST. 
MARTIN AND NORTHEASTERN ACADIA PARISHES...

The heavy rain has ended. Please continue to heed remaining road 
closures.

A Flood Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT Thursday for 
portions of Louisiana and southeast Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3051 9219 3068 9182 3072 9176 3070 9173
      3068 9174 3067 9173 3066 9175 3063 9174
      3062 9175 3060 9175 3056 9176 3051 9173
      3051 9175 3050 9176 3050 9170 3048 9169
      3047 9167 3035 9185 3026 9228

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 16, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

  • A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for coastal portions of Southeast Texas, Southwest and south central Louisiana and the adjacent coastal waters.
  • A Flood Watch remains in effect for all of southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana through Thursday evening.
  • A Coastal Flood Warning is in effect until Thursday morning. Surges of up to 4 feet are expected.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1258 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER...

.KEY MESSAGES...

- A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for coastal portions of
  Southeast Texas, Southwest and south central Louisiana and the
  adjacent coastal waters.

- A Flood Watch remains in effect for all of southeast Texas and
  Southwest Louisiana through Thursday evening.

- A Coastal Flood Warning is in effect until Thursday morning.
  Surges of up to 4 feet are expected.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
(This afternoon through next Monday)
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for coastal portions of
southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana in response to NHC
designating Potential Tropical Cyclone 1. The center of the
disturbance remains over land near the Mexico/Texas border at this
hour, but is expected to move into the northwestern gulf tonight
into Wednesday where it will have the potential to undergo some
slight strengthening before moving back inland along the upper
Texas or southwest Louisiana coast Wednesday night into Thursday
morning.

The overall expected impacts to our region remain largely
unchanged. The biggest threat and impact remains the potential for
flooding rainfall resulting from the combination of a stationary
frontal boundary presently draped across the region and the
moisture from the potential tropical cyclone. Several flash flood
warnings have already been issued this morning for portions of
southeast Texas and central Louisiana and expect this trend to
continue through the day and again Wednesday. QPF totals have
eased back slightly from this time yesterday with maximum forecast
values now closer to 10-12 inches compared to the nearly 20 being
advertised yesterday. Even so, a few areas will have the
potential to see 15+ inches through the event.

In addition to the flash flooding threat, gusty winds of up to 40
MPH will produce coastal flooding and storm surge of up to 4 feet
across coastal Southeast Texas, southwest and south central
Louisiana.

SPC has maintained areas roughly along and south of the I-10
corridor in a marginal risk of severe weather both today and
Wednesday and nearly all of Louisiana Thursday. This will be
almost exclusively for the risk of tropical cyclone spin up
tornadoes.

The potential tropical cyclone will move inland Thursday morning
before lifting off to the northeast taking the deepest of the
tropical moisture with it. PoPs and QPF have both come down on
Friday in response to this although scattered storms will still
develop with the potential to produce heavy rain over a very soggy
region. By the weekend, PoPs revert to more typical diurnally
driven afternoon convection. Temperatures will climb back into the
lower 90s this weekend into early next week.

Jones

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

Showers and thunderstorms will continue across the region this
afternoon in response to a stationary frontal boundary and
moisture from the potential tropical cyclone centered over the
northern Mexico/southern Texas coasts. These storms will be
capable of producing intermittent periods of visibility reducing
heavy rainfall. Away from storms, light southerly winds and VFR
ceilings will prevail. Storms will gradually wane through the
evening, but are expected to redevelop early Wednesday morning.
Storms will persist through the day Wednesday as potential
tropical cyclone one approaches across the western gulf. Despite
this, southerly winds are expected to remain between 10-15 knots
with gusts to 20 knots.

Jones

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for the coastal waters and
coastal lakes and bays of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.
A potential tropical cyclone will move across the northwestern
gulf Wednesday into Wednesday night. Sustained winds of 35 knots
with gusts up to 40 knots will be possible which will push seas to
8 to 12 feet Wednesday and Wednesday night. Winds and seas will
begin to fall Thursday and Friday but will remain in the 20-25
knot and 6-8 foot range respectively. Winds and seas will fall
further by the weekend.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 1037 AM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

Widespread showers and thunderstorms will continue across the
region through Thursday in response to the approach of potential
tropical cyclone 1. Away from storms, southerly winds of 10-15 MPH
will prevail. Daily precipitation chances will trend closer to
climatological normals (40-50%) by this weekend.

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...Tropical Storm Watch for LAZ073-074-252>254.

     Flood Watch through Thursday morning for LAZ027>033-044-045-055-
     073-074-141>143-152>154-241>243-252>254.

     Coastal Flood Warning from 1 AM to 7 PM CDT Wednesday for LAZ073-
     074-252>254.

TX...Tropical Storm Watch for TXZ615.

     Flood Watch through Thursday morning for TXZ180-201-259>262-515-
     516-615-616.

     Coastal Flood Warning from 1 AM to 7 PM CDT Wednesday for TXZ615.

GM...Tropical Storm Watch for GMZ430-432-435-436-450-452-455-470-472-
     475.

&&

PUBLIC/FIRE/MARINE...66
AVIATION...66

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1231 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 PM     Flash Flood      4 WNW Glenmora          31.00N 92.64W
06/16/2026                   Rapides            LA   Broadcast Media

            Several areas of water covering HWY113.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
1238 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1211 PM     Flash Flood      1 W De Ridder           30.84N 93.31W
06/16/2026                   Beauregard         LA   Law Enforcement

            Flooding reported on Honeysuckle St in
            DeRidder.

&&

TPS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
104 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0103 PM     Flash Flood      Wildwood                30.51N 94.45W
06/16/2026                   Hardin             TX   Emergency Mngr

            Water entering homes near Wildwood.

&&

TPS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
107 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0106 PM     Flash Flood      3 WSW Union Hill        30.99N 92.77W
06/16/2026                   Rapides            LA   Emergency Mngr

            LA 113 closed at Thunder Valley Speedway due
            to flash flooding.

&&

TPS
Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
108 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0107 PM     Flash Flood      Bordelonville           31.11N 91.91W
06/16/2026                   Avoyelles          LA   Broadcast Media

            Picture of flooded roads.

&&
Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
125 PM CDT Tue Jun 16 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0124 PM     Flash Flood      6 SE Saint Landry       30.78N 92.19W
06/16/2026                   St. Landry         LA   Mesonet

            Stream gage shows Bayou Cocodrie is above
            flood.

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion12 hr
Jun 15, 10:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHRapides21 days
Jun 15, 10:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCameron23 min
Jun 16, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
Jun 16, 3:33 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH57 min
Jun 16, 5:02 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLCH66 min
Jun 16, 5:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLCHCalcasieu35 min
Jun 16, 6:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Rapides6 hr
Jun 16, 8:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHRapides, Vernon4 hr
Jun 16, 8:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Vernon3 hr
Jun 16, 9:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides3 hr
Jun 16, 9:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis, Vermilion21 days
Jun 16, 10:10 AM CDTTropical Storm WatchLCHCameron, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion24 hr
Jun 16, 10:31 AM CDTCoastal Flood WarningLCHCameron, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion32 hr
Jun 16, 11:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAllen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline, Rapides, Saint Landry and 1 more6 hr
Jun 16, 12:10 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHBeauregard, Vernon4 hr
Jun 16, 12:13 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Vernon5 hr
Jun 16, 12:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLCHAvoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides5 hr
Jun 16, 1:36 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLCHCalcasieu29 hr
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHLafayette, Vermilion42 hr
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Evangeline, Saint Landry65 hr
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen5 days
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard21 days
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen21 days
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen, Jefferson Davis7 days
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHAllen21 days
Jun 16, 2:17 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLCHBeauregard, Calcasieu21 days
Jun 16, 4:05 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningLCHCameron, Iberia, St. Mary, Vermilion30 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.