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WGUS44 KSHV 101912
FLWSHV
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
212 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2024
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT LA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
SULPHUR RIVER NEAR TALCO AFFECTING RED RIVER, FRANKLIN, MORRIS
AND TITUS COUNTIES.
FOR THE SULPHUR RIVER...INCLUDING TALCO...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
FOR MORE HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION, COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE
ADDRESS INTO YOUR FAVORITE WEB BROWSER URL BAR:
WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=SHV
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 215 PM CDT.
TXC159-343-387-449-111915-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FL.W.0125.240510T2225Z-240512T2300Z/
/TLCT2.1.ER.240510T2225Z.240511T1200Z.240512T0508Z.NO/
212 PM CDT FRI MAY 10 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SULPHUR RIVER NEAR TALCO.
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR LOWLAND FLOODING OF THE
HEAVILY WOODED FLOODPLAIN. RANCHERS THAT MAY HAVE CATTLE AND
EQUIPMENT IN THE RIVER BOTTOMS SHOULD MOVE THEM TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:45 PM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 21.5 FEET TOMORROW MORNING.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
21.8 FEET ON 04/15/2014.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3338 9530 3341 9488 3331 9466 3326 9466
3331 9478
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