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WGUS44 KSHV 271553
FLWSHV
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1053 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN LOUISIANA...ARKANSAS...
OUACHITA RIVER AT FELSENTHAL LOCK AND DAM AFFECTING MOREHOUSE,
ASHLEY AND UNION PARISHES.
FOR THE OUACHITA RIVER...INCLUDING FELSENTHAL LOCK AND DAM...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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
FOR MORE HYDROLOGIC INFORMATION, COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE
ADDRESS INTO YOUR FAVORITE WEB BROWSER URL BAR:
HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/SHV
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 1100 AM CDT.
ARC003-139-LAC067-111-281600-
/O.NEW.KSHV.FL.W.0123.250601T1200Z-000000T0000Z/
/FELA4.1.ER.250601T1200Z.250609T1200Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1053 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2025
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...OUACHITA RIVER AT FELSENTHAL LOCK AND DAM.
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 73.0 FEET, EXPECT MINOR FLOODING TO CONTINUE IN THE
FELSENTHAL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 69.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 65.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 74.0 FEET
MONDAY, JUNE 09.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 70.0 FEET.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3321 9218 3321 9211 3270 9200 3273 9210
3300 9214 3311 9223
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