Aug 26, 2020
A tropical wave emerged off of Africa during August 16 and then developed into a depression by the 20th. The system gradually became better organized as it passed across the Greater Antilles. It entered the Gulf of Mexico and became a hurricane on the 25th. Outer bands spread inland during the afternoon of the 26th and it made landfall at Cameron at 1AM local time on the 27th as the first category 4 hurricane to landfall in Southwest Louisiana and the strongest Louisiana hurricane since 1856. Th
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 918086). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lafayette County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.