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Flash Flood — Livingston, LA

Aug 15, 2024

A fairly typical summertime upper level pattern was in place with strong high pressure centered well west of the local area. That put southern Louisiana on the eastern periphery of this ridge in a region of northwestern upper level flow. That setup is often conducive for strong to severe thunderstorm development and what took place on August 15th. Thunderstorms initially developed in central Mississippi early afternoon. As the storms traveled southwestward, they moved into an environment with am

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1213310). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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