Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued April 30 at 11:18PM CDT until May 1 at 1:30AM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
April 30, 2025 - 9:18pm
Expires:
April 30, 2025 - 11:30pm
Description:
FFWSHV
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
Caddo Parish in northwestern Louisiana...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 1118 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between
3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of
1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area through 130 AM.
Flash flooding is already occurring, especially across the
Shreveport...Bossier City metro areas.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* 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