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WGUS84 KSHV 060203
FLSSHV
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
903 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN TEXAS...
SULPHUR RIVER NEAR TALCO AFFECTING TITUS, FRANKLIN, RED RIVER AND
MORRIS 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.
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.
TXC159-343-387-449-070200-
/O.CON.KSHV.FL.W.0093.250508T0312Z-250509T1800Z/
/TLCT2.1.ER.250508T0312Z.250508T1200Z.250509T0000Z.NO/
903 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...SULPHUR RIVER NEAR TALCO.
* WHEN...FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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 7:45 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE SULPHUR RIVER NEAR TALCO IS EXPECTED TO RISE
ABOVE THE 20 FOOT FLOOD STAGE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO A
CREST OF 21.5 FEET THURSDAY MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY EVENING.
- 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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