Weather Alert in Louisiana
Flood Warning issued May 9 at 12:11PM CDT until May 10 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Lake Charles LA
AREAS AFFECTED: Lafayette, LA; St. Landry, LA; St. Martin, LA
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Louisiana... Calcasieu River Near Oberlin ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Louisiana... Calcasieu River Near Kinder Calcasieu River Near Glenmora Calcasieu River near White Oak Park Calcasieu River Near Salt Water Barrier Mermentau River Near Mermentau Bayou Vermilion Near Carencro Vermilion River At Lafayette, Surrey Street Gage Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Bayou Vermilion near Carencro. * WHEN...Until tomorrow evening. * IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Roads along Bayou Fuseilier are impassable. These include but are not limited to Walnut and Green roads along the St. Martin, St. Landry Parish line, as well as Meche Road in St. Landry Parish. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:15 AM CDT Friday the stage was 18.1 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 11:15 AM CDT Friday was 18.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow morning and continue falling to 9.3 feet Wednesday morning. - Flood stage is 17.0 feet. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
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therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
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