096  
WGUS84 KSHV 060214  
FLSSHV  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
914 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
LOUISIANA...  
 
BODCAU BAYOU AT BAYOU BODCAU LAKE AFFECTING WEBSTER AND BOSSIER  
PARISHES.  
 
FOR THE BODCAU BAYOU...INCLUDING BAYOU BODCAU LAKE...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.  
 

 
 
LAC015-119-070200-  
/O.EXT.KSHV.FL.W.0087.250512T0508Z-000000T0000Z/  
/LBBL1.1.ER.250512T0508Z.250515T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
914 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BODCAU BAYOU AT BAYOU BODCAU LAKE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 172.0 FEET, EXPECT BANKFULL CONDITIONS ON RED CHUTE  
BAYOU.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 PM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 170.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 171.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...BAYOU BODCAU LAKE IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE THE  
172 FOOT FLOOD STAGE MONDAY, MAY 12 AND CONTINUE RISING TO  
173.0 FEET THURSDAY, MAY 15. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE  
THEREAFTER.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 172.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
173.1 FEET ON 04/17/2017.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3282 9351 3289 9344 3272 9346 3270 9351  
 

 
 
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