Sep 3, 2008
Hurricane Gustav caused wind damage, flash flooding, and several tornadoes across southwest Louisiana.||Hustav made landfall in Terrebonne Parish in the morning of September 2nd as a category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph.||Gustav moved northwest, almost up along Highway 90 across St. Mary, Iberia, St. Martin, and Lafayette Parishes. The highest measured wind gusts were 85 mph at a research site near Abbeville, LA in Vermilion Parish. However, wind speeds were estimated between 75
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 136803). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rapides County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.