Flash Flood Warning issued May 23 at 9:33AM CDT until May 23 at 12:45PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
Flash Flood Warning
| Severity: | Severe |
| Status: | Actual |
| Urgency: | Immediate |
| Certainty: | Likely |
| Effective: | May 23, 2026, 2:33 pm |
| Expires: | May 23, 2026, 5:45 pm |
| Area: | Iberia, LA; St. Martin, LA; St. Mary, LA |
| Sender: | NWS Lake Charles LA |
FFWLCHn The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a
• Flash Flood Warning for...nIberia Parish in south central Louisiana...nSouthern St. Martin Parish in south central Louisiana...nSt. Mary Parish in south central Louisiana...
• Until 1245 PM CDT.
• At 933 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producingnheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rai
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches arenpossible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expectednto begin shortly HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms SOURCE...Radar IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urba
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well asnother poor drainage and low-lying areas.
• Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...nNew Iberia, Morgan City, Franklin, Patterson, Jeanerette, Berwick,nBurns Point, Bayou Vista, Belle River, Stephensville, Cypremort Point, Avery Island, Baldwin, Loreauville, Charenton, Sorrel,nGlencoe, Ellerslie, Patterson Memorial Airport and Lake Fausse Pointe.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most floodndeaths occur in vehicles.
