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Tropical Storm — Lower Lafourche, LA

Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central Gulf toward southwest Louisiana, resulting in minor to moderate impacts across southeast Louisiana. The storm resulted in heavy rainfall, minor storm surge flooding, and isolated damage due to strong winds.||The minimum s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 715081). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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