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Louisiana Flood Stories

2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$200K damage

Tensas, LA · Oct 19, 2006

Three days after one of the most significant heavy rain events occurred across central and northern portions of Louisiana, another heavy rain event transpired, nearly in the same areas.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Ouachita, LA · Aug 11, 2008

An upper level ridge which was located across the central and southern plains over the last couple of weeks and resulted in triple digit temperatures across much of the region finally moved west into the inter-mountain west.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$200K damage

Washington, LA · Sep 27, 1998

Hurricane Georges, a strong Category 2, hurricane moved slowly northwest across the Gulf of Mexico toward southeast Louisiana on the September 26.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$200K damage

Beauregard, LA · Sep 13, 2007

Hurricane Humberto made landfall in southeast Texas, and moved into southwest Louisiana the morning of 9/13/07. Humberto was weakening to a tropical storm as it moved northeast across southwest Louisiana.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$200K damage

Upper St. Bernard, LA · Sep 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav emerged into the southeast Gulf of Mexico as a major category 3 hurricane on August 31st after developing in the Caribbean Sea and moving across western Cuba.

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Tropical Storm$200K damage

Madison, LA · Sep 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav was the 2nd major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It took shape as a tropical depression on the morning of August 25th just southeast of Haiti, and rapidly strengthened to hurricane status by the morning of August 26th.

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Tropical Storm$200K damage

Ouachita, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$200K damage

Winn, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$200K damage

Bienville, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$200K damage

Webster, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Webster, LA · Sep 10, 2016

A slow moving cold front across northwest Louisiana encountered a moderately unstable airmass and a moist airmass with the result being slow moving thunderstorms. These thunderstorms produced excessive heavy rainfall amounts, especially across Webster Parish.

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Flash Flood

Morehouse, LA · Jul 8, 2020

After a previous round of showers and thunderstorms brought rain to northeast Louisiana on the afternoon of July 7th, storms redeveloped over the region late that night into the early morning of the 8th.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Iberville, LA · Jun 6, 2001

Outer rainbands on the eastern periphery of the circulation of Tropical Storm Allison which moved slowly across southeast Texas affected southeast Louisiana beginning late on June 5th, producing heavy rainfall over much of southeast Louisiana.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

East Baton Rouge, LA · Jun 7, 2001

Outer rainbands on the eastern periphery of the circulation of Tropical Storm Allison which moved slowly across southeast Texas affected southeast Louisiana beginning late on June 5th, producing heavy rainfall over much of southeast Louisiana.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Iberville, LA · Jun 7, 2001

Outer rainbands on the eastern periphery of the circulation of Tropical Storm Allison which moved slowly across southeast Texas affected southeast Louisiana beginning late on June 5th, producing heavy rainfall over much of southeast Louisiana.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Union, LA · Sep 2, 2008

Hurricane Gustav moved northwestward into the southeast Louisiana coast during the early morning hours of September 1st. The storm continued a steady northwestward motion into east central Louisiana and northwest Louisiana during the evening hours of September 1st.

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Flood$150K damage

Iberville, LA · Jun 7, 2001

Outer rainbands on the eastern periphery of the circulation of Tropical Storm Allison which moved slowly across southeast Texas affected southeast Louisiana beginning late on June 5th, producing heavy rainfall over much of southeast Louisiana.

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Tropical Storm$150K damage

Claiborne, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$150K damage

Jackson, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$150K damage

La Salle, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$150K damage

Grant, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$150K damage

Red River, LA · Sep 13, 2008

Hurricane Ike came onshore across extreme southeast Texas during the late night hours of September 12th and the pre-dawn hours of September 13th.

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Tropical Storm$150K damage

Sabine, LA · Sep 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav moved northwestward into the southeast Louisiana coast during the early morning hours of September 1st. The storm continued a steady northwestward motion into east central Louisiana and northwest Louisiana during the evening hours of September 1st.

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Flood$132K damage

East Baton Rouge, LA · Apr 1, 1997

Flooding along the Mississippi River, which crested in March, slowly receded with nearly all forecast points in southeast Louisiana below floodstage by April 22, 1997.

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