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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

Caldwell, LA · Jun 1, 2019

Moderate flooding continued through the first couple of days of June along the Ouachita River at Columbia, due to much above normal rainfall that had fallen across much of the Ouachita River basin of Central and Southern Arkansas, and extreme Northern Louisiana since February…

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Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jun 1, 2019

Moderate flooding continued through much of the first week of June along the Ouachita River at Monroe, due to much above normal rainfall that had fallen across much of the Ouachita River basin of Central and Southern Arkansas, and extreme Northern Louisiana since February 2019.

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Flash Flood

St. Tammany, LA · Jun 25, 2021

The remnants of a mesoscale convective system became the focus for thunderstorm development over Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound.

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Flash Flood

St. Tammany, LA · Jun 25, 2021

The remnants of a mesoscale convective system became the focus for thunderstorm development over Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi Sound.

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Flood

St. Mary, LA · Dec 12, 2009

Showers and thunderstorms developing in the Gulf of Mexico during the morning hours spread across southeastern St. Mary Parish throughout the afternoon before ending during the evening.

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · May 28, 2017

Overnight showers and thunderstorms which held together into the morning hours of Sunday May 28th, moved into Northern Louisiana from the northwest during the morning hours after daybreak.

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Flash Flood

Sabine, LA · May 3, 2017

A warm front had begun to lift north across Deep East Texas and Southwest Louisiana during the early morning hours of May 3rd, in response to a developing area of surface low pressure over Westcentral Texas along a cold front that extended northeast into Central Oklahoma.

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Flash Flood

Grant, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Grant, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Grant, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

La Salle, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Grant, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Caldwell, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Grant, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Grant, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Caldwell, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Caldwell, LA · Apr 2, 2017

A strong upper level trough shifted east across Northern Mexico and into the Big Bend area of Southwest Texas during the early morning hours of April 2nd, before lifting northeast into North Texas during the afternoon.

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Flash Flood

Pointe Coupee, LA · Oct 21, 2017

A pre-frontal trough of low pressure triggered the development of slow moving thunderstorms near the Atchafalaya River basin during the late evening hours of the 21st and the early morning hours of the 22nd.

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Flash Flood

East Feliciana, LA · Oct 22, 2017

A pre-frontal trough of low pressure triggered the development of slow moving thunderstorms near the Atchafalaya River basin during the late evening hours of the 21st and the early morning hours of the 22nd.

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Flash Flood

Pointe Coupee, LA · Oct 21, 2017

A pre-frontal trough of low pressure triggered the development of slow moving thunderstorms near the Atchafalaya River basin during the late evening hours of the 21st and the early morning hours of the 22nd.

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Flash Flood

Winn, LA · Aug 10, 2017

A warm front retreated north across the region and became quasi-stationary from Deep East Texas across extreme southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of August 8th.

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Flash Flood

Winn, LA · Aug 10, 2017

A warm front retreated north across the region and became quasi-stationary from Deep East Texas across extreme southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of August 8th.

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Flash Flood

Winn, LA · Aug 10, 2017

A warm front retreated north across the region and became quasi-stationary from Deep East Texas across extreme southwest Arkansas during the early morning hours of August 8th.

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Flash Flood

Sabine, LA · Aug 30, 2017

Tropical Storm Harvey emerged back over the Northwest Gulf of Mexico during the morning hours of August 28th, and intensified slightly as drifted northwest just off the Southeast Texas coast, eventually making a 3rd landfall near Cameron, Louisiana during the early morning hours…

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