SLECA reporting Outages in Raceland; Crews assigned to Areas
June 24, 2020
Several Streets close in Houma due to Flooding
June 24, 2020
5 p.m. Update: The NWS has extended the Flash Flood Warning through the evening hours. Between 3 to 8 inches of rain have fallen across our area, and more rain is expected. Please stay #weatheraware and off the roads if at all possible. The Department of Public Works has all pumps running throughout the Parish, and our Office of Emergency Preparedness is monitoring weather developments.
From the Lafourche Parish Government at 10:20 a.m.:
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a Flash Flood Warning for North Central Lafourche Parish.
* At 10:08 A.M. CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…Houma, Lockport, Bayou Cane, Raceland, Mathews and Gray.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area.
