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WGUS84 KSHV 060139
FLSSHV
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
839 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
SABINE RIVER NEAR MINEOLA AFFECTING SMITH AND WOOD COUNTIES.
FOR THE SABINE RIVER...INCLUDING MINEOLA, HAWKINS, GLADEWATER,
LONGVIEW, BECKVILLE, LOGANSPORT...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 TUESDAY EVENING AT 900 PM CDT.
TXC423-499-070200-
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839 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SABINE RIVER NEAR MINEOLA.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, EXPECT FLOODING OF LOW RIVER BOTTOMS WITH
SECONDARY ROADWAYS ALONG WITH PICNIC AND RECREATIONAL AREAS
BECOMING INUNDATED AS WELL. RANCHERS SHOULD MOVE CATTLE AND
EQUIPMENT TO HIGHER GROUND.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:15 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:15 PM CDT MONDAY WAS 16.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE SABINE RIVER SOUTH OF MINEOLA WILL REMAIN NEAR
A FLAT CREST AT 16.2 FEET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK,
WITH MINOR FLOODING CONTINUING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
16.2 FEET ON 12/24/2013.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3278 9574 3263 9535 3257 9535 3259 9550
3273 9574
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