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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Shreveport, LA

May 2, 20254 parishes in Louisiana

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2025, 10:31 AM CDT for 4 parishes in Louisiana. It took effect at May 3, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2025, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 3, 2025, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 4, 2025, 8:31 PM CDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Bayou Dorcheat at Lake Bistineau (LBUL1). The gauge peaked at 12.50 ft at May 3, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
142 ft
Minor stage
142.5 ft
Moderate stage
144 ft
Major stage
145 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07349250, 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 2, 10:31 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 10:31 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSHVGregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk50 hr
May 2, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVShelby16 min
May 2, 12:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina58 min
May 2, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVShelby29 min
May 2, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSan Augustine28 min
May 2, 1:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSan Augustine24 min
May 2, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVAngelina, Sabine, San Augustine49 min
May 2, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine, Shelby49 min
May 2, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVShelby37 min
May 2, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVNacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby5 hr
May 2, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches33 min
May 2, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVAngelina, Nacogdoches3 hr
May 1, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Webster56 min
May 1, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVClaiborne, Webster60 min
May 2, 11:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVUnion27 min
May 2, 11:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVLincoln, Ouachita, Union66 min
May 2, 11:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine34 min
May 2, 12:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVBienville34 min
May 2, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita43 min
May 2, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita38 min
May 2, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWinn40 min
May 2, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVOuachita37 min
May 2, 1:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVOuachita, Union6 hr
May 2, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVSabine36 min
May 2, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVOuachita23 min
May 2, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVWinn34 min
May 2, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVJackson24 min
May 2, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVNatchitoches52 min
May 2, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVDe Soto49 min
May 2, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVNatchitoches, Red River, Winn64 min
May 2, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaldwell55 min
May 2, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine60 min
May 2, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVCaddo47 min
May 2, 3:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVCaldwell, Jackson, Ouachita, Winn5 hr
May 2, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVNatchitoches, Winn5 hr
May 2, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Bossier, De Soto, Jackson, Natchitoches, Red River and 2 more48 min
May 2, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo38 min
May 2, 3:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, De Soto3 hr
May 2, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBossier, Caddo, Webster39 min
May 2, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union32 min
May 2, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSHVBossier, Webster3 hr
May 2, 5:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSHVLaSalle34 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.