Flooding Rains Moving Through Louisiana This Morning

Forecasters with the National Weather Service Office in Lake Charles, Louisiana are cautioning South Louisiana residents to be weather aware over the next several hours as a line of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall move across the area.

As of Midnight, this is what the Lake Charles Weather Service Radar was indicating as far as the location and intensity of the storms. See the latest radar scan, here. 

Fortunately, there have been no severe weather warnings for intense thunderstorms or possible tornadoes in this line of storms. But there are flood watches and warnings posted for portions of Louisiana that have already received significant rainfall over the past six hours.

Here's a portion of the Flash Flood Warning that was posted by the NWS.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has issued a Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Avoyelles Parish in central Louisiana, Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, North Central Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana, Northeastern Beauregard Parish in southwestern Louisiana, and Vernon Parish in west central Louisiana...

The Weather Service has the Flood Warning in place until 1:45 this morning. Many locations in the warned area have reportedly received anywhere from one to five inches of rainfall over the past several hours.

Meanwhile, in Lafayette, motorists who traverse Ambassador Caffery Parkway should be aware that in the midst of and in the hours following these torrential downpours, there will be significant water ponding on the roadway, especially in the right lanes.

Roller Coaster Temperatures Today in Louisiana

In addition to the rain threat, which should come to an end shortly after sunrise across most of south-central Louisiana today will feature an up-and-down day with your thermometer as well. And yes, it will be getting colder quickly.

This morning, temperatures will rise into the low 60s by mid-morning. Then, the winds will shift and begin to bring in much cooler air for the afternoon hours. This afternoon, temperatures will fall through the middle 50s, and the winds will howl out of the north with gusts up to 25 mph.

This is our reminder not to be a big shot, and to take a jacket to work or school. You'll be wanting that jacket later this afternoon.  Louisiana's next major storm threat will come this weekend. It does appear as though heavy rains and flooding will move into the area on Saturday and Sunday. Check back with us for updates.