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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 6, 2025Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2025, 9:37 AM CDT for Bowie County, Red River County, Texas; Little River County, Arkansas. It took effect at May 9, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2025, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 9, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 12, 2025, 10:46 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Little River County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River near Dekalb - Pecan Point (DEKT2). The gauge peaked at 23.15 ft at May 9, 2025, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 23.5 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07336820, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 6, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 9:03 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 9:28 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 6, 9:32 AM CDT, 5 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, 9:52 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 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.