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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 5:47 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER...
NORTHWESTERN MILLER...NORTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOWIE
COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM CDT...

At 1247 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Atlanta, moving north at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant, Queen City, Maud, Mandeville, Nash, Red Hill, Domino,
Douglassville, Leary, Redwater, Pleasant Hill, Texarkana, Hervey, Red
Lick, Atlanta, Red Bank, Wake Village, Homan, Genoa, and Hooks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for
northeastern Texas.

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MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

River Flood Warning
Issued: 2:37 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT TO LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Red River near Dekalb.

* WHEN...From late Thursday night to late Saturday night.

* IMPACTS...At 24.0 feet, Minor lowland flooding and bank erosion.
Move livestock next to the river to higher ground.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:00 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 20.8 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 22.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
early Friday morning to a crest of 24.1 feet early Friday
afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday
morning.
- Flood stage is 24.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
24.0 feet on 04/06/1985.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Flood Watch
Issued: 7:20 AM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Arkansas, including the following counties,
Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller,
Nevada, Sevier and Union, Louisiana, including the following
parishes, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto,
Grant, Jackson, La Salle, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Red
River, Sabine, Union, Webster and Winn, southeast Oklahoma,
including the following county, McCurtain, and Texas, including
the following counties, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee,
Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola,
Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Titus,
Upshur and Wood.

* WHEN...From 7 AM CDT this morning through Wednesday morning.

* IMPACTS...Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.
Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more
heavy rain.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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