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


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Bossier LA-Caddo LA-
116 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 northwest Louisiana, including the following 
  parishes, Bossier and Caddo.

* WHEN...Until 500 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying 
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 112 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges
    indicated heavy rain has moved out of the warned area.
    However, areas of light rain will continue for the next
    couple of hours before finally ending. Flooding is already
    occurring in the warned area, as multiple roads remain
    flooded across the Shreveport and Bossier City metro areas.
    Between two to in excess of five inches of rain have fallen
    since Wednesday evening.
  - Flooding impacts will continue, with additional rainfall
    amounts of up to a quarter inch possible through 5 AM.
  - Some locations that will experience 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.
  - 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 3288 9381 3287 9351 3288 9348 3279 9349
      3277 9347 3235 9345 3235 9381 3221 9393
      3221 9404 3289 9403 3288 9403


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