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WGUS84 KSHV 041441
FLSSHV
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
941 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
BAYOU DORCHEAT AT LAKE BISTINEAU AFFECTING BOSSIER, RED RIVER,
BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES.
FOR THE BAYOU DORCHEAT...INCLUDING SPRINGHILL, LAKE BISTINEAU...
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 MONDAY MORNING AT 945 AM CDT.
LAC013-015-081-119-051445-
/O.EXT.KSHV.FL.W.0089.000000T0000Z-250509T1800Z/
/LBUL1.1.ER.250503T2230Z.250504T1000Z.250509T0000Z.NO/
941 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BAYOU DORCHEAT AT LAKE BISTINEAU.
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 142.5 FEET, EXPECT SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREA
CAMPS, HOWEVER, ALL ACCESS ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN OPEN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 AM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 142.5 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 141.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 142.5
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THURSDAY EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 142.5 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
142.6 FEET ON 04/06/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3253 9331 3240 9334 3239 9343 3241 9345
3253 9335
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