Aug 23, 2022
A low pressure system spinning over northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms producing widespread heavy rain to northeast Louisiana through the day August 23rd. This flooded roads across portions of the area, and trees in saturated soils were more easily blown down.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1085405). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Franklin County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.