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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.

Flood$10K damage

Calcasieu, LA · Sep 24, 1997

A slow moving cold front produced between four and six inches across Calcasieu Parish, resulting in street flooding in Lake Charles. As much as a foot of water was covering roads near Interstate 210 during the height of the event.

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Tropical Storm$10K damage

La Salle, LA · Sep 3, 2011

Tropical Storm Lee did not make landfall across the south central/southeast Louisiana coast until September 4th but the storms large wind field were felt well north of the center of circulation. Strong winds downed a tree in Jena, Louisiana and this tree fell on a house.

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Flash Flood

St. Charles, LA · May 25, 2022

A strong cold front moving through the region on the 25th. A broken line of thunderstorms developed along the frontal boundary. A few storms developed ahead of the main line of storms for a short period before the main line caught up to them.

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Orleans, LA · May 25, 2022

A strong cold front moving through the region on the 25th. A broken line of thunderstorms developed along the frontal boundary. A few storms developed ahead of the main line of storms for a short period before the main line caught up to them.

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Grant, LA · Apr 7, 2019

A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…

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Lincoln, LA · Apr 7, 2019

A warm front mixed north across portions of Deep East Texas to near the Louisiana/Arkansas border during the early morning hours of April 7th, but steep lapse rates aloft and a shortwave trough which ejected northeast over Northeast Texas, North Louisiana, and Southern Arkansas…

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Red River, LA · May 19, 2019

A shortwave trough entered the Southern Plains during the morning hours of May 18th, and began to take on a negative tilt as it approached East Texas during the afternoon and evening.

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Red River, LA · May 19, 2019

A shortwave trough entered the Southern Plains during the morning hours of May 18th, and began to take on a negative tilt as it approached East Texas during the afternoon and evening.

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Natchitoches, LA · May 19, 2019

A shortwave trough entered the Southern Plains during the morning hours of May 18th, and began to take on a negative tilt as it approached East Texas during the afternoon and evening.

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Flash Flood

Natchitoches, LA · Jan 3, 2019

A warm front lifted north into Westcentral and the southern sections of Northcentral Louisiana during the morning hours of January 3rd, ahead of an upper level low pressure system over Northwest and Northcentral Texas.

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Natchitoches, LA · Jan 3, 2019

A warm front lifted north into Westcentral and the southern sections of Northcentral Louisiana during the morning hours of January 3rd, ahead of an upper level low pressure system over Northwest and Northcentral Texas.

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Union, LA · Apr 6, 2019

A negatively tilted upper level trough moved through the Southern Plains and across the Ark-La-Tex during the morning and afternoon hours on April 6th, with deep southerly winds returning warm and moist air north into East Texas and North Louisiana near of a warm front.

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Union, LA · Apr 6, 2019

A negatively tilted upper level trough moved through the Southern Plains and across the Ark-La-Tex during the morning and afternoon hours on April 6th, with deep southerly winds returning warm and moist air north into East Texas and North Louisiana near of a warm front.

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Union, LA · Apr 6, 2019

A negatively tilted upper level trough moved through the Southern Plains and across the Ark-La-Tex during the morning and afternoon hours on April 6th, with deep southerly winds returning warm and moist air north into East Texas and North Louisiana near of a warm front.

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Natchitoches, LA · May 19, 2019

A shortwave trough entered the Southern Plains during the morning hours of May 18th, and began to take on a negative tilt as it approached East Texas during the afternoon and evening.

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Flash Flood

Sabine, LA · May 19, 2019

A shortwave trough entered the Southern Plains during the morning hours of May 18th, and began to take on a negative tilt as it approached East Texas during the afternoon and evening.

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Iberia, LA · Jul 14, 2019

A mesoscale convective vortex interacted with a weak cold front over the the southeast states and northeast Gulf of Mexico. The surface low that developed moved southwest across the gulf then northwest into the south central Louisiana coast.

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St. Mary, LA · Jul 14, 2019

A mesoscale convective vortex interacted with a weak cold front over the the southeast states and northeast Gulf of Mexico. The surface low that developed moved southwest across the gulf then northwest into the south central Louisiana coast.

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Avoyelles, LA · Jul 15, 2019

A mesoscale convective vortex interacted with a weak cold front over the the southeast states and northeast Gulf of Mexico. The surface low that developed moved southwest across the gulf then northwest into the south central Louisiana coast.

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Grant, LA · Jul 30, 2019

A large upper level ridge of high pressure centered over New Mexico during the daytime hours of July 30th, extended north and east across the Plains into the Mississippi Valley, resulting in a deep northerly flow into the Lower Mississippi Valley.

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Natchitoches, LA · May 9, 2019

A strong upper level trough of low pressure extending from the Intermountain West into the Four Corners Region energized the southwest flow aloft across the Southern Plains during much of the day on May 8th, with a strong low level jet sustaining a mesoscale convective complex…

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Caddo, LA · May 9, 2019

A strong upper level trough of low pressure extending from the Intermountain West into the Four Corners Region energized the southwest flow aloft across the Southern Plains during much of the day on May 8th, with a strong low level jet sustaining a mesoscale convective complex…

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Bossier, LA · May 9, 2019

A strong upper level trough of low pressure extending from the Intermountain West into the Four Corners Region energized the southwest flow aloft across the Southern Plains during much of the day on May 8th, with a strong low level jet sustaining a mesoscale convective complex…

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Bossier, LA · May 9, 2019

A strong upper level trough of low pressure extending from the Intermountain West into the Four Corners Region energized the southwest flow aloft across the Southern Plains during much of the day on May 8th, with a strong low level jet sustaining a mesoscale convective complex…

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