Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued April 30 at 7:32PM CDT until April 30 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 30, 2025 - 5:32pm
Expires:
April 30, 2025 - 9:30pm
Description:
FFWSHV
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
* Until 1130 PM CDT.
* At 732 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of
1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area through 1130 pm.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Shreveport, Bossier City, Vivian, Haughton, Greenwood, Blanchard,
Benton, Oil City, Mooringsport, Hosston, Belcher, Gilliam,
Fosters, Eastwood, Ferguson, Barksdale Air Force Base, Dixie,
Cross Lake, Red Chute and Linton.
Instruction:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Area Description:
Bossier, LA; Caddo, LA
Forcast Office:
NWS Shreveport LA