Sep 20, 2013
A frontal boundary advanced toward Southwest Louisiana while deep moisture was drawn north ahead of the front. A couple of days of rain lead to higher amounts of rainfall. Training storms across north central to northwest Calcasieu Parish produced in excess of one foot of rain with more than half of that occurring over a three hour period.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 469406). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Calcasieu County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.