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WGUS84 KSHV 050114
FLSSHV
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
814 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
NECHES RIVER NEAR ALTO AFFECTING TRINITY, HOUSTON, CHEROKEE AND
ANDERSON COUNTIES.
FOR THE NECHES RIVER...INCLUDING LAKE PALESTINE, NECHES, ALTO,
DIBOLL, ROCKLAND...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 EVENING AT 900 PM CDT.
TXC001-073-225-455-060200-
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814 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...NECHES RIVER NEAR ALTO.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, EXPECT MODERATE TO SEVERE FLOODING OF THE
HEAVILY WOODED FLOODPLAIN. BOAT RAMPS AND PICNIC AREAS WILL BE
COMPLETELY INUNDATED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 PM CDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.1 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:15 PM CDT SUNDAY WAS 16.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE NECHES RIVER SOUTHWEST OF ALTO IS EXPECTED TO
RISE TO A CREST OF 17.5 FEET EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
17.5 FEET ON 03/05/2018.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3167 9524 3152 9504 3138 9492 3133 9500
3166 9537
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