Catastrophic Flooding Impacts in South-Central Texas
Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding will continue to pose a significant threat to life and property in south-central Texas. Catastrophic fiver flooding, with rapid rises on small streams, arroyos, and typically dry washes, is expected. Monsoonal showers persist across the Great Basin and Southwest with greatest flash flooding in southern Arizona. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Rapides Parish Issued by: National Weather Service Lake Charles, LA Last Update: 306 AM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026 | |
| Today: Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent. Tonight: Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 105. Friday Night: Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Humid with lows in the mid 70s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s. West winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 106. Saturday Night And Sunday: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 105. Sunday Night: Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Monday: Sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Heat index values up to 110. Monday Night: Clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening. Tuesday Through Wednesday: Mostly clear. Hot. Highs around 100. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 110. | |
| Zone Forecast: Rapides Parish | |
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