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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

Union, LA · Oct 10, 2020

Hurricane Delta tracked north northwest across the Western Carribean Sea as a major hurricane, having rapidly strengthened from a tropical depression to a Category 4 hurricane in just over 36 hours, the fastest intensification rate on record.

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Flash Flood

La Salle, LA · Oct 9, 2020

Hurricane Delta tracked north northwest across the Western Carribean Sea as a major hurricane, having rapidly strengthened from a tropical depression to a Category 4 hurricane in just over 36 hours, the fastest intensification rate on record.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Oct 9, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Oct 9, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Oct 9, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Oct 9, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Oct 8, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Oct 8, 2020

Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.

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Flood

Red River, LA · Apr 19, 2020

A warm front lifted north into Deep East Texas and the southern sections of North Central Louisiana by afternoon on April 19th, ahead of a vigorous upper level trough that ejected east from New Mexico across Texas.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Natchitoches, LA · Aug 27, 2020

Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Sabine, LA · Aug 27, 2020

Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Grant, LA · Aug 27, 2020

Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Winn, LA · Aug 27, 2020

Major Hurricane Laura tracked north northwest across the Central and Northern Gulf of Mexico from the Central Carribean Sea near Cuba, making landfall in Southwest Louisiana near Cameron around 1 am on August 27th as a strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)

Lower Jefferson, LA · Oct 28, 2020

A tropical depression formed in the northwestern Caribbean on the afternoon of October 24th. 9 hours later, it became the twenty-seventh named storm and eleventh hurricane of the exceptionally active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Upper St. Bernard, LA · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally initially formed as an area of disturbed weather over the Bahamas late on September 10th, 2020. Over the next few days, the system became better organized and became Tropical Depression Nineteen in the afternoon hours on September 11th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Jefferson, LA · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally initially formed as an area of disturbed weather over the Bahamas late on September 10th, 2020. Over the next few days, the system became better organized and became Tropical Depression Nineteen in the afternoon hours on September 11th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower St. Bernard, LA · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally initially formed as an area of disturbed weather over the Bahamas late on September 10th, 2020. Over the next few days, the system became better organized and became Tropical Depression Nineteen in the afternoon hours on September 11th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Terrebonne, LA · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally initially formed as an area of disturbed weather over the Bahamas late on September 10th, 2020. Over the next few days, the system became better organized and became Tropical Depression Nineteen in the afternoon hours on September 11th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

St. John The Baptist, LA · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally initially formed as an area of disturbed weather over the Bahamas late on September 10th, 2020. Over the next few days, the system became better organized and became Tropical Depression Nineteen in the afternoon hours on September 11th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Plaquemines, LA · Sep 20, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta initially developed as a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche early on September 10th. The system drifted around the Bay of Campeche for several days as development was unlikely due to unfavorable upper-level winds produced by nearby Hurricane Sally.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Jefferson, LA · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta initially developed as a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche early on September 10th. The system drifted around the Bay of Campeche for several days as development was unlikely due to unfavorable upper-level winds produced by nearby Hurricane Sally.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower St. Bernard, LA · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta initially developed as a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche early on September 10th. The system drifted around the Bay of Campeche for several days as development was unlikely due to unfavorable upper-level winds produced by nearby Hurricane Sally.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Terrebonne, LA · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta initially developed as a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche early on September 10th. The system drifted around the Bay of Campeche for several days as development was unlikely due to unfavorable upper-level winds produced by nearby Hurricane Sally.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Upper St. Bernard, LA · Sep 21, 2020

Tropical Storm Beta initially developed as a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche early on September 10th. The system drifted around the Bay of Campeche for several days as development was unlikely due to unfavorable upper-level winds produced by nearby Hurricane Sally.

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