Significant Weather Events

AUGUST 18 2010 FLASH FLOODING

Local Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
420 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010

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

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BUNKIE                  30.95N 92.19W
08/18/2010 M5.55 INCH       AVOYELLES          LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER REPORTS HEAVY RAINFALL SINCE 8 AM.

0851 AM     HEAVY RAIN       COTTONPORT              30.99N 92.05W
08/18/2010 E6.00 INCH       AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            COTTONPORT POLICE CHEIF REPORTS RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 6
            INCHES WITH REPORTS OF NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED...BUT
            STILL PASSIBLE AT THIS POINT.

0855 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HESSMER                 31.05N 92.12W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORTS OF HOMES FLOODED AROUND HESSMER. SEVERAL REPORTS
            OF STALLED VEHICLES IN HIGH WATER BETWEEN HESSMER AND
            MANSURA.

1029 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MANSURA                 31.06N 92.05W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN MANSURA. TONY ROAD...LARGE
            ROAD..MERRICK STREET AND ST. JEAN STREET.

1031 AM     FLASH FLOOD      HESSMER                 31.05N 92.12W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF PARISH ROADS THROUGHOUT THE
            PARISH.

1031 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PLAUCHEVILLE            30.96N 91.98W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            HIGHWAY 107 HAS WATER OVER IT.

1100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MANSURA                 31.06N 92.05W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   NEWSPAPER

            ALEXANDRIA TOWN TALK REPORTED A WOMAN WAS RESCUED FROM
            HER FLOODED HOME ON LARGE ROAD IN MANSURA. 6 TO 7
            VEHICLES WERE STALLED OUT IN FLOODWATERS WITH AN UNKNOWN
            NUMBER OF HOMES FLOODED ALONG HIGHWAY 114 BETWEEN HESSMER
            AND MANSURA.

1108 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MANSURA                 31.06N 92.05W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   NEWSPAPER

            APARTMENTS ON TONY ROY ROAD FLOODED.

0104 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MANSURA                 31.06N 92.05W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FLOODING STILL BEING REPORTED AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS
            THROUGHOUT AVOYELLES PARISH. WORST AREAS CONTINUE TO BE
            IN THE HESSMER AND MANSURA AREAS. SEVERAL ROADS ARE
            CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

0200 PM     FLASH FLOOD      MOREAUVILLE             31.03N 91.98W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   NEWSPAPER

            BUNKIE RECORD REPORTED KLIL RADIO STATION IN MOREAUVILLE
            WAS FLOODED.

0330 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SIMMESPORT              30.98N 91.81W
08/18/2010                   AVOYELLES          LA   PUBLIC

            RED CROSS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA REPORTED A DUPLEX FLOODED
            IN SIMMESPORT.

0338 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 E CALL                30.62N 93.81W
08/18/2010                   NEWTON             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD VISIBLE FROM
            KIRBYVILLE. LOCATION ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

0350 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BUNKIE                  30.95N 92.19W
08/18/2010 M14.55 INCH      AVOYELLES          LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            MEASURED AT BUNKIE WATER PLANT SO FAR TODAY.

08/18/10 Rainfall Estimate Map

Marksville Flooding


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Mansura Flooding

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