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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 6, 2025Sabine County, Shelby County, Texas; 5 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at May 6, 2025, 5:38 PM CDT for Sabine County, Shelby County, Texas; 5 parishes in Louisiana. It was in force for 3 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, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2025, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Unknown

Counties De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Sabine County, TX, Shelby County, TX

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 6, 5:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 5:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 5:01 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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

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

0300 PM     Flash Flood      5 NE Lindale            32.55N 95.34W
05/06/2025                   Smith              TX   Broadcast Media

            Report of FM 2710 flooded with cars
            stranded.

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:03 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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

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

0302 PM     Flash Flood      2 S Lindale             32.47N 95.41W
05/06/2025                   Smith              TX   Broadcast Media

            Report of flooding on CR 472.

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:20 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:23 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 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
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, 12:56 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Rusk, Smith, Upshur	5 hr
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 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.