A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING is in effect for North and Central Lafourche Parish -- which includes the Choctaw, Chackbay and Bayou Boeuf areas -- until 4:00 PM.
Click HERE to view the official alert from the National Weather Service. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING is in effect for the Choctaw area until 7:45 PM. This is a dangerous and life threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Click HERE to view the official alert from the National Weather Service.  A STATE OF EMERGENCY has been declared for Lafourche Parish due to Tropical Storm Cristobal.
The National Hurricane Center has issued a TROPICAL STORM WARNING for South Louisiana, which includes the Choctaw, Chackbay, and Bayou Boeuf areas. TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL is expected to make landfall and impact the South Louisiana coast sometime this afternoon. Click HERE to view the official alert from the National Hurricane Center. For tips on how you can stay safe in severe weather, click HERE to visit our Severe Weather Preparedness Page.  A STATE OF EMERGENCY has been declared for Lafourche Parish due to Tropical Storm Cristobal.
Members of the public should continue to monitor local news outlets for weather updates and follow guidance from local officials. We will also share updates about severe weather through our text alert system. Citizens may also visit alerts.choctawfire.com to sign-up to receive text alerts. For information on road closures, please visit 511la.org. For preparedness tips and information, visit: getagameplan.org. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness can be found here: gohsep.la.gov For comprehensive emergency preparedness and response information, visit: emergency.la.gov ALL EMERGENCIES AND LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO 911.  A STATE OF EMERGENCY has been declared for Lafourche Parish due to Tropical Storm Cristobal.
The National Hurricane Center has issued a TROPICAL STORM WARNING for South Louisiana, which includes the Choctaw, Chackbay, and Bayou Boeuf areas. TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL is expected to make landfall and impact the South Louisiana coast sometime Sunday afternoon. Click HERE to view the official alert from the National Hurricane Center. For tips on how you can stay safe in severe weather, click HERE to visit our Severe Weather Preparedness Page. A STATE OF EMERGENCY has been declared for Lafourche Parish due to Tropical Storm Cristobal.
The National Hurricane Center has issued a TROPICAL STORM WARNING for South Louisiana, which includes the Choctaw, Chackbay, and Bayou Boeuf areas. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING means tropical storm-force winds are expected somewhere within this area within the next 36 hours. Click HERE to view the official alert from the National Hurricane Center. For tips on how you can stay safe in severe weather, click HERE to visit our Severe Weather Preparedness Page.  A STATE OF EMERGENCY has been declared for Lafourche Parish due to Tropical Storm Cristobal.
Reposted from Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office: Due to the forecast path of Tropical Storm Cristobal, a TROPICAL STORM WATCH is now in effect for Lafourche Parish. Tropical storm force winds are possible in our area within the next 48 hours. All Lafourche Parish citizens, businesses, and property owners should be making efforts now to protect property and prepare for wind damage. Heavy rainfall is expected with this system. Please ensure ditches and catch basins are cleared of any obstructions. Hazardous driving conditions may exist as some roads may become impassible due to rising water or debris. For anyone in need of sandbags, Lafourche Parish Government has announced sites throughout the parish for self-fill sandbags (please bring a shovel). If you are in need of assistance filling sandbags, please contact the Lafourche Parish Government Emergency Operations Center at (985) 537-7603. Here is the list of sandbag locations: -- Thibodaux Field Office: 2565 Veterans Blvd. -- Manchester Manor, Thibodaux: End of Street -- Bayou County Club: End of Fairway Drive, Thibodaux -- Chackbay Fair Grounds: Highway 304 -- Choctaw Field Office: 122 Choctaw Barn Road -- Bayou Boeuf Bridge: Highway 307 -- Des Allemands Bridge: Bridge Road at Bayou Road -- Bayou Blue Recreation Grounds: Highway 316 South of Highway 182 -- Raceland Ag Grounds Parking Lot: Texas Street -- Lockport Field Office: 6236 Highway 308 -- Town of Lockport Barn: Church Street at First Street -- Pointe-Aux-Chenes: 1558 Highway 665 -- Lafourche Fire District #3: 17462 West Main Street, Galliano -- Oak Ridge Community Park: Golden Meadow  The National Hurricane Center has issued a TROPICAL STORM WATCH for South Louisiana, which includes the Choctaw, Chackbay, and Bayou Boeuf areas.
The TROPICAL STORM WATCH extends from Intracoastal City, Louisiana to the Alabama/Florida border. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH means tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 48 hours. This watch will likely be upgraded to a warning either later tonight or on Saturday. Impacts from Cristobal look to begin along the coast very early Sunday morning before transitioning inland through the day. A landfall is likely Sunday evening near the south-central Louisiana coastline. Click HERE to view the official alert from the National Hurricane Center. For tips on how you can stay safe in severe weather, click HERE to visit our Severe Weather Preparedness Page.  From the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services: BATON ROUGE - With hurricane season off to an active start, the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is encouraging all Louisiana households who are not currently receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to make registering for Disaster SNAP (DSNAP) a part of their hurricane preparedness game plan – even if they have registered before.
DSNAP provides eligible low- to moderate-income households who do not normally receive SNAP benefits with help buying groceries due to lost income or damages following a disaster. "Not every disaster triggers a DSNAP, but it's always best to be prepared," said DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters. "Registering makes the process much easier and smoother by allowing people to gather and provide their information now, rather than after a storm has hit." Registration is simple. Households can go online to the DCFS CAFÉ customer portal and provide: names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, if possible, for each household member; address and parish of residence; monthly income for each household member; and amount of liquid resources, such as cash, checking and savings. Due to technology upgrades, even households who have registered for DSNAP before must register again. Doing so now also provides everyone an opportunity to ensure the household's listed family members and contact information are up-to-date. SNAP recipients do not need to register for DSNAP. If they are eligible for additional benefits in the event of a disaster, those benefits would be loaded onto their EBT cards automatically or the SNAP recipients would have to submit a form through a different process than the DSNAP. Registering for DSNAP does not guarantee benefits. DSNAP is administered only after a federally declared disaster and after the state receives approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to activate DSNAP services. If a DSNAP is activated, residents who registered would only need to visit a DSNAP application site to verify their information and identity, determine final eligibility and receive their benefit cards. Eligibility requirements and DSNAP locations would be announced at the time of a disaster. More information about the registration process can be found by clicking HERE. The National Weather Service has issued a FLOOD WARNING for upper and lower Lafourche Parish, including the Choctaw, Chackbay and Bayou Boeuf areas, until Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
Widespread rainfall will become heavy at times, especially along the daily lake and gulf breezes. Rainfall rates at times will range 2 to 4 inches per hour. Rainfall accumulations over the seven day period could easily exceed ten inches within the watch area. Impacts include standing water in streets to the point of impassible roadways and rapid rises on area creeks and streams. Drainage systems may approach capacity at times during periods of heaviest rainfall. |
Choctaw Volunteer Fire Department
2854 Choctaw Road
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301
Phone: (985) 633-2888
2854 Choctaw Road
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70301
Phone: (985) 633-2888
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