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FLWSHV

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
130 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025

TXC067-073-183-203-315-365-401-423-011000-
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Cass TX-Cherokee TX-Gregg TX-Harrison TX-Marion TX-Panola TX-Rusk
TX-Smith TX-
130 AM CDT Thu May 1 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Urban areas and small streams flooding caused by excessive 
  rainfall is expected.

* WHERE...A portion of northeast Texas, including the following 
  counties, southeastern Cass, northern Cherokee, southern Gregg, 
  Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk and southeastern Smith.

* WHEN...Until 500 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads 
  remain closed due to flooding, especially across Southern Smith 
  and Northern Cherokee Counties. Additional flooding may also 
  develop as runoff continues, resulting in additional rises on area 
  creeks, streams, and bayous.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 128 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
    indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is
    already occurring in the warned area. Between 3 to in excess
    of 6 inches of rain have fallen since Wednesday evening.
  - Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is
    expected.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Longview, Marshall, Jacksonville, Henderson, Kilgore,
    Whitehouse, Carthage, Rusk, Hallsville, Overton, Bullard,
    Waskom, Jefferson, Troup, Tatum, New London, Arp, Beckville,
    Pinehill and Joinerville.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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.

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LAT...LON 3229 9505 3238 9500 3259 9461 3288 9434
      3299 9404 3219 9405 3175 9536 3176 9540
      3182 9540 3184 9541 3184 9545 3193 9542
      3195 9545 3198 9545 3202 9543 3204 9544
      3205 9542 3207 9544 3208 9542 3213 9546


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