Apr 10, 2024
A strong upper level disturbance, surface low, and cold front produced a line of severe thunderstorms that pushed across Southeast Louisiana and Southern Mississippi in the morning and early afternoon hours of Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The line of severe thunderstorms produced strong straight line winds, extensive flash flooding in the New Orleans metro area and several tornadoes. The strongest tornado was an EF-2 tornado that impacted the city of Slidell in St. Tammany Parish, LA on the morni
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1177908). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in St. John The Baptist County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.