2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Hurricane Issac made landfall in Southeast sections of Louisiana, however tropical storm conditions were felt well to the west of the center. No injuries or deaths were reported. Scattered power outages and downed trees occurred.
Read the full account →Hurricane Issac made landfall in Southeast sections of Louisiana, however tropical storm conditions were felt well to the west of the center. No injuries or deaths were reported. Scattered power outages and downed trees occurred.
Read the full account →Hurricane Issac made landfall in Southeast sections of Louisiana, however tropical storm conditions were felt well to the west of the center. No injuries or deaths were reported. Scattered power outages and downed trees occurred.
Read the full account →The local area was on the eastern periphery of an upper level ridge. A weak frontal boundary was slowly sagging in from the northeast due to the presence of an upper level trough along the east coast of the United States.
Read the full account →The local area was on the eastern periphery of an upper level ridge. A weak frontal boundary was slowly sagging in from the northeast due to the presence of an upper level trough along the east coast of the United States.
Read the full account →The local area was on the eastern periphery of an upper level ridge. A weak frontal boundary was slowly sagging in from the northeast due to the presence of an upper level trough along the east coast of the United States.
Read the full account →The local area was on the eastern periphery of an upper level ridge. A weak frontal boundary was slowly sagging in from the northeast due to the presence of an upper level trough along the east coast of the United States.
Read the full account →Nearly ten inches of rain over two days resulted in flash flooding across portions of St. Landry Parish. One bridge was damaged, a culvert was washed out, and several parish roads were damaged by flooding.
Read the full account →The Red River near Alexandria was above flood stage for over three weeks, cresting at 35.52 feet on the 13th. Areas unprotected by the levee system had as much as ten feet of water in them, primarily in the Pineville area and Bayou Rigolette areas.
Read the full account →A surface pressure trough, which later turned into a stationary front, situated over the Gulf of Mexico slowly crept northward until it reached the I-12 corridor near Baton Rouge.
Read the full account →A surface pressure trough, which later turned into a stationary front, situated over the Gulf of Mexico slowly crept northward until it reached the I-12 corridor near Baton Rouge.
Read the full account →A surface pressure trough, which later turned into a stationary front, situated over the Gulf of Mexico slowly crept northward until it reached the I-12 corridor near Baton Rouge.
Read the full account →A surface pressure trough, which later turned into a stationary front, situated over the Gulf of Mexico slowly crept northward until it reached the I-12 corridor near Baton Rouge.
Read the full account →A surface pressure trough, which later turned into a stationary front, situated over the Gulf of Mexico slowly crept northward until it reached the I-12 corridor near Baton Rouge.
Read the full account →A surface pressure trough, which later turned into a stationary front, situated over the Gulf of Mexico slowly crept northward until it reached the I-12 corridor near Baton Rouge.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough traversed east through the Desert Southwest and into the Southern Rockies January 1st, before ejecting northeast across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles into Western Kansas on the 2nd.
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