2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A weak cold front slowly advanced southeast into portions of Northeast Texas, Southeast Oklahoma, into Western Arkansas and Southern Missouri on April 30th, and focused a warm, very moist, and unstable air mass in place across much of East Texas, North Louisiana, and Southwest…
Read the full account →A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
Read the full account →A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
Read the full account →A longwave trough moved out of the Intermountain West into the Southern Plains on April 20th, which reinforced a weak cold front southeast into East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the late afternoon through the evening into the early morning hours of the…
Read the full account →A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
Read the full account →A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
Read the full account →A longwave trough moved out of the Intermountain West into the Southern Plains on April 20th, which reinforced a weak cold front southeast into East Texas, Southwest Arkansas, and North Louisiana during the late afternoon through the evening into the early morning hours of the…
Read the full account →A stationary front extended across portions of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours on April 4th, but lifted north into Southeast Oklahoma and Western Arkansas during the day.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a persistent MCS in Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon of June 11th. Thunderstorms began training ahead of the MCS, and the overlapping segments of heavy rainfall resulted in scattered flash flooding across parts of…
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a persistent MCS in Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon of June 11th. Thunderstorms began training ahead of the MCS, and the overlapping segments of heavy rainfall resulted in scattered flash flooding across parts of…
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a persistent MCS in Northwest Louisiana during the afternoon of June 11th. Thunderstorms began training ahead of the MCS, and the overlapping segments of heavy rainfall resulted in scattered flash flooding across parts of…
Read the full account →A primed microburst environment was in place on July 30, 2025, as hot and humid conditions combined with a weak surface low pressure across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Numerous severe thunderstorms developed through the afternoon.
Read the full account →A primed microburst environment was in place on July 30, 2025, as hot and humid conditions combined with a weak surface low pressure across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Numerous severe thunderstorms developed through the afternoon.
Read the full account →A primed microburst environment was in place on July 30, 2025, as hot and humid conditions combined with a weak surface low pressure across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Numerous severe thunderstorms developed through the afternoon.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Significant banding of heavy showers and thunderstorms with cell-training occurred on the morning of August 29th across East Texas and North Louisiana, posing the threat of flash flooding.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms developed across Northern Louisiana during the afternoon on August 20th. As these thunderstorms and associated outflow boundaries moved south, they encountered increasing instability with temperatures in the upper 90s and dewpoints in the mid 70s,…
Read the full account →A mature linear thunderstorm complex developed across the Middle Red River Valley on November 24th and extended from Southwest Arkansas south-southwestward into East Texas and Northwest Louisiana.
Read the full account →A mature linear thunderstorm complex developed across the Middle Red River Valley on November 24th and extended from Southwest Arkansas south-southwestward into East Texas and Northwest Louisiana.
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