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River Flood Warning 113, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 26, 2025Cherokee County, Rusk County, Smith County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2025, 9:21 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Rusk County, Smith County, Texas. It took effect at May 27, 2025, 8:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2025, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2025, 8:30 PM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2025, 12:41 PM CDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cherokee County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mud Creek near Jacksonville (JKST2).

Action stage: 8.5 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08034500, 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 26, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 26, 8:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 8:57 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 26, 9:01 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 9:02 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 9:04 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 9:20 AM CDT, 1 minute 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 25, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	33 min
May 25, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	57 min
May 25, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie	26 min
May 25, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus	43 min
May 25, 10:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Marion, Morris and 2 more	43 min
May 26, 3:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Harrison, Panola	7 hr
May 26, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	47 min
May 26, 3:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Franklin, Titus	24 min
May 26, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Morris, Titus, Wood	42 min
May 26, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Red River	40 min
May 26, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg, Smith, Upshur	59 min
May 26, 4:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Smith	45 min
May 26, 4:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith	29 min
May 26, 5:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Smith	52 min
May 26, 5:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith, Upshur and 1 more	3 hr
May 26, 5:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk, Smith and 1 more	62 min
May 26, 5:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 1 more	57 min
May 26, 5:34 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith	41 min
May 26, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Cherokee, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby and 1 more	62 min
May 26, 7:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Harrison, Marion	57 min
May 26, 7:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby	66 min
May 26, 8:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Shelby	59 min
May 26, 8:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	48 min
May 26, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Anderson, Cherokee	34 days
May 26, 9:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	11 hr
May 26, 9:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk	60 hr
May 26, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	4 days
May 26, 9:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Cass, Marion	49 hr
May 25, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Claiborne, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union, Webster	63 min
May 25, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita	46 min
May 26, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches	30 min
May 26, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches, Winn	42 min
May 26, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant	48 min
May 26, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant	58 min
May 26, 4:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	35 min
May 26, 5:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	LaSalle	30 min
May 26, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Webster	61 min
May 26, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Ouachita	46 min
May 26, 8:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	58 min
May 26, 9:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union	59 min
May 26, 9:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Natchitoches, Winn	63 min
May 26, 9:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Jackson, Lincoln, Ouachita, Union	62 min
May 26, 10:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Grant, LaSalle, Winn	67 min
May 26, 10:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Ouachita, Union	41 min
May 26, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, LaSalle	44 min
May 25, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada, Sevier	3 hr
May 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia, Union	51 min
May 25, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard, Sevier	57 min
May 25, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	67 min
May 25, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Hempstead	63 min
May 25, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette, Miller	57 min
May 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	64 min
May 25, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Lafayette, Nevada, Union	60 min
May 25, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	3 hr
May 25, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	27 min
May 25, 9:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Miller	45 min
May 25, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette	43 min
May 26, 6:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Lafayette, Miller	59 min
May 26, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SHV	Little River, Sevier	23 hr

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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.