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Flash Flood — Caddo, LA

Aug 17, 2012

Property Damage
$100K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

A weak stationary frontal boundary across Northeast Texas and Northwest Louisiana served as a focus for showers and thunderstorms, some of which produced strong and damaging wind gusts. Steering winds were weak and this resulted in the thunderstorm activity producing copious amounts of rainfall in a short amount of time. The end result was some flash flooding being reported.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 400014). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Caddo, LA

This event is one of many recorded floods in Caddo County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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