Critical FLW Flood Warning — Sun Mar 8, 2026 10:18 AM

FLWLCH

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lake Charles LA
908 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

...The National Weather Service in Lake Charles LA has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Louisiana...

  Bayou Des Cannes Near Eunice

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

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LAC001-039-097-091415-
/O.NEW.KLCH.FL.W.0003.260309T0218Z-260310T1049Z/
/BDCL1.1.ER.260309T0218Z.260309T1200Z.260310T0448Z.UU/
908 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Bayou Des Cannes near Eunice.

* WHEN...From this evening to early Tuesday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Minor flooding begins along the bayou with
  a few structures right along the bayou threatened.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:15 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 17.5 feet tomorrow morning.
    It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow evening.
  - Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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                Fld   Observed           Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location        Stg   Stg   Day/Time     Mon   Tue   Wed

Bayou Des Cannes
Eunice          16.0  10.9  Sun 8 am CDT 17.5  14.6  9.9


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LAT...LON 3057 9240 3056 9235 3019 9256 3022 9260
      3045 9257


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