{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.78525fbda03cdc5feae4181206a605c88dc00156.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued June 6 at 4:57PM CDT until June 6 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-06","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.78525fbda03cdc5feae4181206a605c88dc00156.001.1","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":216,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued June 6 at 4:57PM CDT until June 6 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Hardin, TX; Jefferson, TX; Orange, TX\n**Issued by:** NWS Lake Charles LA\n**Sent:** 2026-06-06T16:57:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-06T16:57:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-06T21:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nFFWLCH\n\nThe National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSoutheastern Hardin County in southeastern Texas...\nNorthwestern Jefferson County in southeastern Texas...\nWestern Orange County in southeastern Texas...\n\n* Until 900 PM CDT.\n\n* At 457 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between\n1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate\nis 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected\nto begin shortly.\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...\nBeaumont, Nederland, Vidor, Bridge City, Sour Lake, Nome, Bevil\nOaks, China, Rose City, Pine Forest, Lakeview and Fannett.\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."}