Jul 12, 2019
Hurricane Barry initially developed from a disturbance that moved from Georgia southwest to the northeast Gulf of Mexico on July 8-9, 2019. The weak low pressure system continued to move west-southwest and strengthen, and was eventually classified as Tropical Storm Barry on the morning of July 11th, 95 miles south southeast of the Mouth of the Mississippi River.||Barry continued to move slowly west then northwest and briefly reached hurricane strength on the morning of July 13th before landfall
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 846047). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in St. James County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.