re: 2015 Shreveport/Bossier Flood Thread

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
840 AM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015

The flood warning continues for
the Red River At Shreveport, Louisiana.
* until further notice...or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 800 AM Friday the stage was 34.8 feet.
* Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 30 feet.
* Forecast...The river will continue rising to near 36.5 feet by
Sunday evening then begin falling.
* Impact...at 36.5 feet...Extensive backwater flooding of Cross and
Twelve Mile bayous will take place. Backwater flooding will take
place all the way to the concrete sill at the Cross Lake dam.
Expect backwater flooding to approach below Caddo Lake on Twelve
Mile Bayou. Teague and Fant Parkways will remain closed for
through much of next week. Expect extensive backwater flooding
through lower McCain Creek and in the Wells Island area.
* This will be the highest crest on the Red River since that of April
7 of 1945 when the river crested at 38.3 feet.