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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.

Tropical Storm

Madison, LA · Oct 9, 2020

Hurricane Delta made landfall along the southwest Louisiana Gulf Coast around 5:00 p.m. CDT on October 9th and moved to the northeast across portions of central and northeast Louisiana.

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Tropical Storm

Sabine, 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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Tropical Storm

Natchitoches, 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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Tropical Storm

Red River, 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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Tropical Storm

Bienville, 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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Tropical Storm

Lincoln, 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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Tropical Storm

Union, 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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Tropical Storm

Ouachita, 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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Tropical Storm

Jackson, 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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Tropical Storm

Caldwell, 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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Tropical Storm

Winn, 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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Tropical Storm

Grant, 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$50K damage

Concordia, LA · Sep 25, 2005

Early Sunday morning, a band of persistent rain and thunderstorms moved over a corridor of Concordia and Tensas Parishes. This persistent band produced a swath of 5 to 7inches of rain in just a few hours.

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Storm Surge/Tide$50K damage

Upper St. Bernard, LA · Jul 5, 2005

Hurricane Cindy produced tides of generally 3 to 5 feet above normal which resulted in mainly minor damage. Significant beach erosion occured as a result of the high tides at Grand Isle.

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Flash Flood

St. John The Baptist, LA · Apr 25, 2004

Thunderstorms dumped up to twelve inches of rain during the afternoon and evening hours in sections of Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James Parishes. The hardest hit area was Norco in St. Charles Parish where 110 homes and businesses flooded.

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Oct 29, 2009

Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a strong cold front as a powerful upper level storm system plowed into the southern plains during the afternoon hours of October 29th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

St. Charles, LA · Oct 9, 2004

Tropical Storm Matthew developed from a tropical depression in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on October 8 and initially moved to the east northeast across the western and central Gulf of Mexico before gradually turning to the northeast and north.

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Tropical Storm

Upper Terrebonne, LA · Oct 9, 2004

Tropical Storm Matthew developed from a tropical depression in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on October 8 and initially moved to the east northeast across the western and central Gulf of Mexico before gradually turning to the northeast and north.

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Tropical Storm

Lower St. Bernard, LA · Oct 9, 2004

Tropical Storm Matthew developed from a tropical depression in the southwest Gulf of Mexico on October 8 and initially moved to the east northeast across the western and central Gulf of Mexico before gradually turning to the northeast and north.

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Tropical Storm

Iberville, LA · Sep 11, 2008

Hurricane Ike emerged into the southeast Gulf of Mexico as a category 1 hurricane on September 9th after earlier being a major hurricane as it moved across the Caribbean.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Beauregard, LA · Oct 30, 2009

A line of showers and thunderstorms that repeatedly moved across areas of southeast Texas and western Louisiana from the evenings hours on October 29th into the morning hours of October 30th caused considerable flash flooding across Beauregard and Vernon Parishes.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Calcasieu, LA · Dec 14, 2009

Scattered showers and thunderstorms repeatedly developing across southwest Louisiana during the afternoon hours caused significant flash flooding in the Lake Charles area.

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Flood$10K damage

Calcasieu, LA · Dec 14, 2009

Scattered showers and thunderstorms repeatedly developing across southwest Louisiana during the afternoon hours caused significant flash flooding in the Lake Charles area.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Evangeline, LA · Jan 12, 1998

Early morning thunderstorms produced between four and six inches of rain across Evangeline Parish. The hardest hit area was Mamou, where all the schools were closed due to high water.

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