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Flood Warning
Issued: 6:16 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of northwest Louisiana, including the following parishes, Bossier and Caddo. * WHEN...Until 500 AM CDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 112 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain has moved out of the warned area. However, areas of light rain will continue for the next couple of hours before finally ending. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area, as multiple roads remain flooded across the Shreveport and Bossier City metro areas. Between two to in excess of five inches of rain have fallen since Wednesday evening. - Flooding impacts will continue, with additional rainfall amounts of up to a quarter inch possible through 5 AM. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Shreveport, Bossier City, Vivian, Haughton, Greenwood, Blanchard, Benton, Oil City, Mooringsport, Hosston, Belcher, Gilliam, Fosters, Eastwood, Ferguson, Barksdale Air Force Base, Dixie, Cross Lake, Red Chute and Linton. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely. &&
Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 3:48 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana... Eastern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana... Claiborne Parish in northwestern Louisiana... Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana... * Until 245 AM CDT. * At 1047 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen since early this evening. Additional rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Minden, Homer, Arcadia, Ringgold, Sibley, Cotton Valley, Gibsland, Sarepta, Doyline, Dubberly, Dixie Inn, Heflin, Evergreen, Athens, Bienville, Lisbon, Jamestown, Bryceland, Mount Lebanon and Holly Springs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely. && FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED; FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
Flood Watch
Issued: 3:01 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THURSDAY... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Arkansas, including the following counties, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller and Nevada, northwest Louisiana, including the following parishes, Bossier, Caddo and Webster, and northeast Texas, including the following counties, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Smith, Upshur and Wood. * WHEN...Until 7 AM CDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Low-water crossings may be flooded. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms will continue to move repeatedly over much of the Watch area tonight, where widespread rainall amounts of two to in excess of six inches has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches, with isolated higher amounts, are possible before the threat for heavy rainfall ends Thursday morning. - 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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