Feb 3, 2024
A surface low developed in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. As this low and developing cold front appendant to it tracked east along the northern Gulf Coast, a wide swath of showers and thunderstorms moved across southern Louisiana. Increasing buoyancy from pressure falling as the surface low moved in closer convective robustness of thunderstorms. The duration of heavy rain associated with this system resulted in flash flooding across portions of metro New Orleans.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1162275). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Jefferson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.