The National Weather Service is calling for potential for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall starting today and continuing into Wednesday.

Widespread rainfall in amounts of 3 to 6 inches with some isolated areas with the potential to receive above eight inches.

Stay tuned to your local weather app for updates throughout today.

Lincoln Parish recently changed its parish-wide emergency alert system to LincAlerts. Residents can sign up for it and will be able to send important messages through text, calls or e-mail to those that opt into the system.

Residents will need to click this link in order to enroll in the messaging system. After confirming a phone number and e-mail address, residents will be able to select the types of alerts they wish to receive and unselect any type of message or any format that they wish to not be alerted by.

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