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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 30, 20254 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 2025, 10:47 PM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2025, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2025, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 30, 7:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 7:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 9:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 9:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 30, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	44 min
Apr 30, 8:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur	38 hr
Apr 30, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston	19 days
Apr 30, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	37 min
Apr 30, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches	36 min
Apr 30, 10:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Smith, Upshur, Wood	6 hr
Apr 30, 11:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	34 min
May 1, 1:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola and 2 more	4 hr
May 1, 9:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity	19 days
May 1, 9:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Smith	72 hr
May 1, 10:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	23 hr
May 1, 3:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	San Augustine	42 min
May 1, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	45 min
May 1, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	San Augustine	58 min
May 1, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	San Augustine	60 min
May 1, 6:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SHV	San Augustine	3 hr
May 1, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	San Augustine	63 min
Apr 30, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Webster	41 min
Apr 30, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	6 hr
May 1, 1:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	52 min
May 1, 1:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	4 hr
May 1, 1:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Winn	39 min
May 1, 1:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle	47 min
May 1, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier	26 min
May 1, 11:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Webster	15 days
May 1, 11:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	6 days
May 1, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	55 min
May 1, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	De Soto	46 min
May 1, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto	61 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.