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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 6, 20255 counties in Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2025, 12:56 PM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 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: May 6, 2025, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Shreveport, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 6, 10:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 12:14 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 12:21 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1221 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

TXZ136-149-061745-
Cherokee TX-Smith TX-
1221 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND
SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

At 1221 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Maydelle, or 10 miles southwest of Jacksonville, moving north
at 65 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph and half inch size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Tyler, Jacksonville, Whitehouse, Rusk, Bullard, Troup, Mount
  Selman, Mixon, Reese, Maydelle, New Summerfield, Noonday,
  Gallatin, Cuney, Teaselville and Concord.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3215 9548 3220 9546 3224 9549 3225 9547
      3228 9546 3218 9499 3215 9499 3172 9519
      3176 9540 3182 9540 3184 9541 3184 9545
      3193 9542 3196 9545 3199 9545 3202 9543
      3204 9544 3205 9542 3207 9544 3208 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 190DEG 55KT 3184 9535

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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Special weather statement, May 6, 12:23 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 12:47 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1247 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

ARZ059-070-TXZ097-112-061815-
Little River AR-Miller AR-Cass TX-Bowie TX-
1247 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LITTLE RIVER...
NORTHWESTERN MILLER...NORTHEASTERN CASS AND SOUTHEASTERN BOWIE
COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM CDT...

At 1247 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles west of Atlanta, moving north at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pleasant, Queen City, Maud, Mandeville, Nash, Red Hill, Domino,
Douglassville, Leary, Redwater, Pleasant Hill, Texarkana, Hervey, Red
Lick, Atlanta, Red Bank, Wake Village, Homan, Genoa, and Hooks.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for
northeastern Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 3351 9377 3350 9377 3298 9423 3303 9442
      3363 9435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 191DEG 50KT 3312 9429

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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Local storm report, May 6, 12:51 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1254 PM CDT Tue May 6 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1252 PM     Hail             3 ESE Noonday           32.23N 95.35W
05/06/2025  E1.00 Inch       Smith              TX   Broadcast Media

            Report of quarter sized hail in Gresham, TX.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 9:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur	12 days
May 6, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Panola, Shelby	21 days
May 6, 9:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith, Wood	28 min
May 6, 9:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	6 days
May 6, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Wood	53 min
May 6, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	46 hr
May 6, 10:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Smith, Titus and 2 more	43 min
May 6, 11:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus	46 min
May 6, 12:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Harrison, Marion	40 min
May 6, 12:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	46 min
May 6, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	24 min
May 6, 12:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cass, Harrison, Marion	39 min
May 6, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Smith	37 min
May 6, 12:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Smith	40 min
May 6, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cass	28 min
May 6, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Gregg, Morris, Smith, Upshur and 1 more	50 min
May 6, 12:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee, Rusk	48 min
May 6, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	40 min
May 6, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	56 min
May 6, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	47 min
May 6, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Shelby	44 min
May 6, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	39 min
May 6, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Morris, Upshur	33 min
May 6, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk	60 min
May 6, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith	57 min
May 6, 2:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	5 hr
May 6, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby	53 min
May 6, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	58 min
May 6, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby	42 min
May 6, 3:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	5 hr
May 6, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches	41 min
May 6, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Shelby	61 min
May 6, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and 1 more	43 min
May 6, 4:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	24 min
May 6, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby	33 min
May 6, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and 1 more	3 hr
May 6, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine	52 min
May 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Sabine, Shelby	3 hr
May 5, 7:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Caddo, De Soto	63 hr
May 6, 9:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson	27 min
May 6, 9:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	32 min
May 6, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	45 min
May 6, 1:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	LaSalle	19 min
May 6, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	20 min
May 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Natchitoches, Red River, Webster	47 min
May 6, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches and 3 more	42 min
May 6, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster	43 min
May 6, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SHV	Bossier, Caddo	46 min
May 6, 3:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Bossier, Caddo, Webster	22 min
May 6, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Ouachita, Union	36 min
May 6, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Union	45 min
May 6, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	59 min
May 6, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Webster	50 min
May 6, 4:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln, Red River, Webster	5 hr
May 6, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Natchitoches, Ouachita and 1 more	43 min
May 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Natchitoches, Sabine	27 min
May 6, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	53 min
May 6, 5:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River	3 hr
May 6, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Winn	54 min
May 6, 5:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Bienville, Caldwell, Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	3 hr
May 6, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	47 min
May 6, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Grant, Natchitoches, Sabine, Winn	46 min
May 6, 6:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Winn	3 hr
May 6, 11:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Nevada	52 min
May 6, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette, Miller	52 min
May 6, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	42 min
May 6, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier	18 min
May 6, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Nevada	42 min
May 6, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Union	41 min
May 6, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Union	49 min
May 6, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Union	30 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.