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Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 12:32 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana... Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana... * Until 1130 PM CDT. * At 732 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area through 1130 pm. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash 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. 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
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 12:04 AM May. 1, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CADDO...BOSSIER...RED RIVER...WESTERN CLAIBORNE...CENTRAL DE SOTO...WESTERN BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES AND EAST CENTRAL PANOLA COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT... At 704 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from near Plain Dealing to 9 miles southwest of Stonewall, or extending from 18 miles west of Springhill to 13 miles northwest of Mansfield, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Shreveport, Bossier City, Minden, Springhill, Mansfield, Haughton, Greenwood, Blanchard, Haynesville, Coushatta, Benton, Stonewall, Ringgold, Sibley, Cullen, Plain Dealing, Cotton Valley, Oil City, Sarepta and Doyline. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 10:10 PM Apr. 30, 2025 – National Weather Service
TORNADO WATCH 198 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS UNION IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS COLUMBIA IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 PARISHES IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA JACKSON LINCOLN OUACHITA UNION IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO CLAIBORNE DE SOTO RED RIVER SABINE WEBSTER IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ANGELINA CHEROKEE NACOGDOCHES PANOLA RUSK SABINE SAN AUGUSTINE SHELBY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARCADIA, BERNICE, BOSSIER CITY, CARTHAGE, CENTER, COUSHATTA, EL DORADO, FARMERVILLE, GIBSLAND, HAYNESVILLE, HEMPHILL, HENDERSON, HOMER, JACKSONVILLE, JONESBORO, LOGANSPORT, LUFKIN, MAGNOLIA, MANSFIELD, MANY, MARTIN, MINDEN, MONROE, NACOGDOCHES, PINELAND, PLEASANT HILL, RINGGOLD, RUSK, RUSTON, SAN AUGUSTINE, SHREVEPORT, SPRINGHILL, STONEWALL, AND ZWOLLE.
Flood Watch
Issued: 2:31 PM Apr. 30, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of southwest Arkansas, including the following counties, Columbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and Sevier, northwest Louisiana, including the following parishes, Bossier, Caddo and Webster, southeast Oklahoma, including the following county, McCurtain, and northeast Texas, including the following counties, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Red River, Smith, Titus, Upshur and Wood. * WHEN...Through Thursday morning. * 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... - The combination of a slow moving front and an incoming weather system will bring periods of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall to far southeastern Oklahoma and portions of the ArkLaTex along and northwest of the Interstate 30 Corridor Today and tonight. Widespread rain amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected, although isolated amounts of 5 inches or more are likely. Soils remain very saturated across portions of the region and any additional heavy rainfall may rapidly run off and result in flash flooding. - 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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