2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
In the afternoon and evening hours on July 2nd, a stalled frontal boundary draped across northern Louisiana, central Mississippi and Alabama. This left moist, unstable air across southern Louisiana and much drier continental air to the north.
Read the full account →In the afternoon and evening hours on July 2nd, a stalled frontal boundary draped across northern Louisiana, central Mississippi and Alabama. This left moist, unstable air across southern Louisiana and much drier continental air to the north.
Read the full account →In the afternoon and evening hours on July 2nd, a stalled frontal boundary draped across northern Louisiana, central Mississippi and Alabama. This left moist, unstable air across southern Louisiana and much drier continental air to the north.
Read the full account →An upper level ridge that was centered just north of the area began to slide east. As it did so, it both allowed for decreased subsidence aloft and Gulf moisture to move in.
Read the full account →An upper level ridge that was centered just north of the area began to slide east. As it did so, it both allowed for decreased subsidence aloft and Gulf moisture to move in.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →An upper level trough brought a cold front to the region. Ahead of this cold front, moisture levels through the atmospheric column increased to above the 90th percentile for this time of year.
Read the full account →A tropical upper-tropospheric trough (TUTT) low was moving westward across the northern Gulf of Mexico. This feature brought with it, abundant moisture throughout the column as well as a focus for storms to develop. Heavy rain and flash flooding occurred in St.
Read the full account →A tropical upper-tropospheric trough (TUTT) low was moving westward across the northern Gulf of Mexico. This feature brought with it, abundant moisture throughout the column as well as a focus for storms to develop. Heavy rain and flash flooding occurred in St.
Read the full account →Gulf moisture surging into the local area pushed precipitable water values to above the 90th percentile for this time of year. At the same time, an upper level trough was digging into Texas. Showers and thunderstorms began developing ahead of this feature.
Read the full account →More than four inches of rain had fallen in four hours, resulting in serious street flooding across Morgan City. A few homes received water in them because of wakes caused by cars driving too fast in the deep water.
Read the full account →Early morning thunderstorms across southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas produced an outflow boundary that afternoon convection developed on across northwest Louisiana. This activity developed in a very unstable and moist air mass.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into East Texas and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into East Texas and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into East Texas and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into East Texas and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on…
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system progressed east southeast from the Pacific Northwest into the Central and Southern Rockies on the morning of February 20th, reinforcing a cold front slowly southeast into East Texas and North Louisiana during the morning and afternoon hours on…
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