Jul 5, 2005
Hurricane Cindy developed from a tropical depression that formed over the extreme western Caribbean Sea on July 3. This depression moved northwest over the Yucatan Peninsula and emerged over the south central Gulf of Mexico on July 4. On July 5th the depression strengthened into a tropical storm and moved north toward the southeast Louisiana coast. Cindy made landfall in southeast Louisiana early on July 6th just to the west of Grand Isle, and reached minimal hurricane strength for a short pe
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5463308). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Upper Lafourche County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.