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Flash Flood — Acadia, LA

Mar 12, 2012

A weak frontal boundary entered Louisiana on the 11th and slowly moved into deep south central Louisiana during the early morning hours of the 12th. The boundary very slowly lifted back north by sunrise on the 12th and then thunderstorms kept back-building over Acadiana through late morning to around noon. High water levels took multiple days to recede.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 370857). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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