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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
922 PM CDT WED APR 30 2025
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BOSSIER LA-CADDO LA-
922 PM CDT WED APR 30 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT THIS
EVENING FOR BOSSIER AND CADDO PARISHES...
AT 922 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1130 PM. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTH
BOSSIER CITY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SHREVEPORT, BOSSIER CITY, VIVIAN, HAUGHTON, GREENWOOD, BLANCHARD,
BENTON, OIL CITY, MOORINGSPORT, HOSSTON, BELCHER, GILLIAM,
FOSTERS, EASTWOOD, FERGUSON, BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, DIXIE,
CROSS LAKE, RED CHUTE AND LINTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3221 9404 3288 9403 3287 9351 3288 9348
3278 9349 3277 9347 3276 9347 3276 9346
3235 9345 3235 9380 3221 9393
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
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