2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms dumped between eight and twelve inches of rain across Franklin in three hours, resulting in severe damage to ten homes and one hotel/restaurant. The Yokley Canal was out of its banks near LA Highway 182. Water rose to two to three feet in some homes.
Read the full account →An upper level centered over Texas began driving moisture into the local area a couple days prior to this event. By the 30th, the atmospheric moisture content had reached values near the record for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level centered over Texas began driving moisture into the local area a couple days prior to this event. By the 30th, the atmospheric moisture content had reached values near the record for this time of year.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms moved across the region during the morning hours of June 18th as well as the afternoon and evening hours. These storms trained across the same general area and produced copious amounts of rainfall, some of which produced flash flooding.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee made landfall south of Intracoastal City in Vermilion Parish on September 4th. No deaths or injuries were reported. Storm total rainfall ranged from 3 to 10 inches, with the highest amounts recorded in central Louisiana (a co-op station near Alexandria…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee initially developed as Tropical Depression Thirteen in middle Gulf of Mexico on Thursday evening September 1st. The depression moved slowly north and gradually strengthened, eventually reaching tropical storm strength just south of Louisiana coast on Friday…
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Lee made landfall south of Intracoastal City in Vermilion Parish on September 4th. No deaths or injuries were reported. Storm total rainfall ranged from 3 to 10 inches, with the highest amounts recorded in central Louisiana (a co-op station near Alexandria…
Read the full account →On December 9, 2024, a slow-moving cold front interacting with a deep moisture plume resulted in prolonged periods of heavy rainfall across southeastern Louisiana.
Read the full account →On December 9, 2024, a slow-moving cold front interacting with a deep moisture plume resulted in prolonged periods of heavy rainfall across southeastern Louisiana.
Read the full account →On December 9, 2024, a slow-moving cold front interacting with a deep moisture plume resulted in prolonged periods of heavy rainfall across southeastern Louisiana.
Read the full account →On December 9, 2024, a slow-moving cold front interacting with a deep moisture plume resulted in prolonged periods of heavy rainfall across southeastern Louisiana.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms continued to produce flood producing rainfall across portions of northeast Texas as well as northwest Louisiana on July 6th. Moisture continued to feed northward from the Gulf of Mexico which fueled these thunderstorms once they developed.
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