{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.6ceb295da5d85882f7b558d65f954d9bff1e070e.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 12 at 5:47PM CDT until July 12 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.6ceb295da5d85882f7b558d65f954d9bff1e070e.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Lake Charles LA"},"word_count":186,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 12 at 5:47PM CDT until July 12 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Calcasieu, LA\n**Issued by:** NWS Lake Charles LA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-12T17:47:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-12T17:47:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-12T21:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLCH\n\nThe National Weather Service in Lake Charles has extended the\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSoutheastern Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana...\n\n* Until 900 PM CDT.\n\n* At 547 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between\n2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of\n1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is\nalready occurring.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban\nareas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as\nother poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nLake Charles, Westlake and Moss Bluff.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nBe aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads."}