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Tornado Warning
Issued: 8:53 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles south of Haughton, or 13 miles southeast of
Bossier City, moving northeast at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree
damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
Doyline around 400 PM CDT.
Sibley and Heflin around 405 PM CDT.
Minden and Dubberly around 410 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Curtis, Caspiana, Taylortown, Lake Bistineau South, Noles Landing,
Elm Grove, Lake Bistineau North, Mc Dade, Plum Orchard Landing, and
Ogden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

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TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

Tornado Warning
Issued: 8:49 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CADDO AND CENTRAL BOSSIER PARISHES...

At 348 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Fosters, or over Bossier City, moving northeast at
60 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is
likely.

This dangerous storm will be near...
Bossier City and Eastwood around 355 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Ferguson, Princeton, Fillmore, Bodcau, Bellevue, Barksdale Air Force
Base, and Red Chute.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

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TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 8:44 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern Natchitoches Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southwestern Lincoln Parish in north central Louisiana...
Northwestern Winn Parish in north central Louisiana...
Northeastern Shelby County in eastern Texas...

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 344 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles northeast of Stonewall to near Mansfield,
moving east at 65 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Keat Chie, Lake End, Grand Bayou, Stonewall, Edgefield, Crichton,
Liberty Hill, Goldonna, Mc Dade, Reeds Store, Gloster, Evelyn,
Keachi, Lucky, Longstreet, Ringgold, Womack, Jamestown, Coushatta,
and Bienville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for north central
and northwestern Louisiana...and eastern and northeastern Texas.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Airport Weather Warning
Issued: 8:20 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
AN AIRPORT WEATHER WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SHREVEPORT
REGIONAL AIRPORT. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 35 to 40 KNOTS OR ABOVE
THROUGH 5:30 PM.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 8:17 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
North central De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southern Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Central Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...

* Until 400 PM CDT.

* At 316 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Karnack to near Deberry, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Haughton, Ferguson, Curtis, Spring Ridge, Fillmore, Mooringsport,
Cross Lake, Bodcau, Koran, Eastwood, Shreveport, Keithville, Ivan,
Dixie, Princeton, Greenwood, Taylortown, Elm Grove, Linton, and
Benton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern
Louisiana.

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TORNADO...POSSIBLE;
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

Flash Flood Warning
Issued: 8:11 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northern De Soto Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Northwestern Red River Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Southeastern Harrison County in northeastern Texas...
Eastern Panola County in northeastern Texas...

* Until 615 PM CDT.

* At 311 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. 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, Marshall, Haughton, Greenwood,
Blanchard, Waskom, Benton, Stonewall, Fosters, Deberry, Elysian
Fields, Eastwood, Scottsville, Keachi, Grand Cane, Longstreet,
Keithville, Spring Ridge and Cross Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

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.

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FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

River Flood Warning
Issued: 6:46 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...No flooding is currently forecast.

* WHERE...Cypress Bayou at Wallace Lake.

* WHEN...From this evening until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 151.0 feet, High water will overflow and result in
some significant flooding on some secondary roadways around the
Southern Kingston Road area. Livestock near the lake should be
moved to higher ground.
At 154.0 feet, Expect overflow into several roadways near Southern
Kingston and Wallace Lake Roads.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 1:00 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 149.6 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 142.0 feet.
- Forecast...The lake is expected to crest at 154.0 feet
Saturday morning.
- Flood stage is 151.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Tornado Watch
Issued: 6:39 PM May. 6, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 234 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 PARISHES

IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA

CALDWELL              GRANT                 JACKSON
LA SALLE              LINCOLN               OUACHITA
UNION                 WINN

IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA

BIENVILLE             BOSSIER               CADDO
CLAIBORNE             DE SOTO               NATCHITOCHES
RED RIVER             SABINE                WEBSTER

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

ANGELINA              SABINE                SAN AUGUSTINE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARCADIA, BERNICE, BOSSIER CITY,
CLARKS, COLFAX, COLUMBIA, COUSHATTA, DRY PRONG, FARMERVILLE,
GIBSLAND, GRAYSON, HAYNESVILLE, HEMPHILL, HOMER, JENA, JONESBORO,
LOGANSPORT, LUFKIN, MANSFIELD, MANY, MARTIN, MIDWAY, MINDEN,
MONROE, MONTGOMERY, NATCHITOCHES, OLLA, PINELAND, PLEASANT HILL,
RINGGOLD, RUSTON, SAN AUGUSTINE, SHREVEPORT, SPRINGHILL,
STONEWALL, WINNFIELD, AND ZWOLLE.

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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