Flooding Rains hit south Louisiana

[PTrackerLA]

I think anyone from my area can attest to the fact that today was WET! The airport picked up 4.26" of rain as of 5pm and the rain didn't start until about 11:30am. Streets flooded all over the city and I saw quite a few stalled cars and lots of traffic jams. The river is well above flood stage again and with more rain forecasted for the next few days it will only rise. Starting to wonder if this will be a repeat of last month.

FYI - over 46" of rain has fallen in Lafayette since Jan 1 and that's close to a 17" surplus for the year!

Check out my forecast

ACADIA-IBERIA-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE-LOWER ST MARTIN-ST MARY-
UPPER ST MARTIN-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...CROWLEY...JENNINGS...
LAFAYETTE...MORGAN CITY...NEW IBERIA...ST MARTINVILLE
400 PM CDT THU JUN 24 2004

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S.
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL.
HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH
AND GUSTY.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 60 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LOWS IN
THE MID 70S.

[bfez1]

Still waiting for it to approach my area