Aug 27, 2020
Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 150 mph, and a minimum central pressure of 938 mb. Laura remained a hurricane as it tracked north across Southwest and Central Louisiana and into Natchitoches Parish, before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved nor
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 908986). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
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.