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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Shreveport, LA

April 25, 2026Smith County, Wood County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2026, 1:21 PM CDT for Smith County, Wood County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 26, 2026, 6:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 25, 2026, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 26, 2026, 6:20 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2026, 8:39 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Shreveport, LA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Smith County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sabine River near Mineola (MLAT2). The gauge peaked at 13.46 ft at Apr 28, 2026, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13.5 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08018500, 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 Apr 25, 11:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 11:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 7:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 25, 8:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 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
Apr 24, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Red River	55 min
Apr 24, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Franklin, Red River	75 min
Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Red River	59 min
Apr 24, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Franklin, Red River, Titus	56 min
Apr 24, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bowie, Cass	47 min
Apr 24, 9:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus and 2 more	71 min
Apr 24, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur	57 min
Apr 24, 10:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SHV	Camp, Upshur	40 min
Apr 24, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Smith, Wood	66 min
Apr 24, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 3 more	40 min
Apr 24, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Upshur	50 min
Apr 24, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Smith, Wood	45 min
Apr 24, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk	48 min
Apr 24, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Gregg	66 min
Apr 25, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Gregg, Rusk, Smith	60 min
Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Panola, Shelby	64 min
Apr 25, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Rusk	44 min
Apr 25, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby	54 min
Apr 25, 2:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	56 min
Apr 25, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine, Shelby	67 min
Apr 25, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	46 min
Apr 25, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Cherokee	62 min
Apr 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Webster	42 min
Apr 24, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bossier, Webster	29 min
Apr 24, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bossier, Webster	40 min
Apr 24, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Bienville, Bossier, Claiborne, Webster	36 min
Apr 24, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Bienville, De Soto, Red River	58 min
Apr 25, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Caldwell, Jackson, Winn	67 min
Apr 25, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Grant, LaSalle	35 min
Apr 25, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	41 min
Apr 25, 3:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Sabine	20 min
Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Nevada	26 min
Apr 24, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Howard, Little River, Sevier	61 min
Apr 24, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Hempstead, Howard, Nevada	42 min
Apr 24, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SHV	Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada	45 min
Apr 24, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SHV	Columbia	37 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.