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WGUS84 KSHV 060212
FLSSHV
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
912 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
BAYOU DORCHEAT AT LAKE BISTINEAU AFFECTING BIENVILLE, RED RIVER,
WEBSTER AND BOSSIER PARISHES.
FOR THE BAYOU DORCHEAT...INCLUDING DIXIE INN, 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 TUESDAY EVENING AT 900 PM CDT.
LAC013-015-081-119-070200-
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912 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...BAYOU DORCHEAT AT LAKE BISTINEAU.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 142.5 FEET, EXPECT SOME MINOR FLOODING OF LOW AREA
CAMPS, HOWEVER, ALL ACCESS ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN OPEN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 142.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 141.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...LAKE BISTINEAU IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN RISING TUESDAY
EVENING, NEARING THE 142.5 FOOT FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
- 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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