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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

for Shelby County, TX

Issued by the National Weather Service

    FLOOD WARNING  

Shelby County, TX


Flood Warning issued April 18 at 7:57PM CDT until April 20 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON


Areas Affected: De Soto, LA; Panola, TX; Shelby, TX

Urgency: Immediate

Severity: Severe

Certainty: Observed

Alert Sent: Thursday 7:57pm CDT

Alert Effective: Thursday 7:57pm CDT

Alert Expires: Friday 8:00pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Thursday 7:57pm CDT

Event Ends: Saturday 1:00pm CDT

Issued by: NWS Shreveport LA


Details:
...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Texas...
Louisiana...

Sabine River At Logansport affecting De Soto, Shelby and Panola
Counties.

For the Sabine River...including Mineola, Hawkins, Gladewater,
Longview, Beckville, Logansport...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Sabine River at Logansport.

* WHEN...Until early Saturday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 29.0 feet, Expect minor lowland flooding of the boat
ramp on the Texas side and lowland flooding into Logansport,
Louisiana public park.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 6:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 28.8 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 27.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 6:45 PM CDT Thursday was 29.8 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
tomorrow evening and continue falling to 25.5 feet early
Tuesday afternoon.
- Flood stage is 28.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
28.8 feet on 02/08/1975.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Information:
Do not drive cars through flooded areas.
Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

For more hydrologic information, copy and paste the following website
address into your favorite web browser URL bar:
water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=shv

The next statement will be issued Friday evening at 800 PM CDT.

Meta data:
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6aba2da778c65f1921dcbe5bf943aef6785aea11.001.1
Codes: LAC031, TXC365, TXC419
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6aba2da778c65f1921dcbe5bf943aef6785aea11.001.1