It’s been another incredibly busy afternoon and evening with very heavy storms that moved into the region
today. Unfortunately storms trained over the same areas across portions of Evangeline, St Landry, Lafayette and
St Martin Parishes with some areas receiving between 5-12 inches in less than 6 hours…Here’s our “on-air” crawl as of 11:30pm…”FLOOD WARNINGS remain in effect for EASTERN LAFAYETTE, SOUTHEASTERN ST LANDRY, and NORTHWESTERN ST. MARTIN Parishes until 5:00AM…Numerous reports of flooding are
reported particularly in St Landry and St Martin Parishes…Highway 347 near Breaux Bridge is closed with numerous other roads closed in St Martin Parish due to flooding…Storms are clearing the area but flood waters will be slow to recede…” Tomorrow we should segue to more scattered showers and a few thunderstorms as the upper disturbance moves out, but there will be plenty of left over moisture. I am going higher on the rain chances than computer model guidance as I do expect more sunshine tomorrow and that convective temperatures will likely be in the mid-80s which should trigger some storms. Very summer-like conditions are anticipated for the weekend into next week with a few daytime showers and storms possible along with highs near 90 and lows in the low-mid 70s. Stay with KATC “on-air” late tonight and early this morning for additional flooding information with a full report on Good Morning Acadiana at 5:00am…