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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

Vermilion, LA · Aug 28, 2017

Harvey moved across the Gulf of Mexico into the central Texas Coast during the last week of August. After the initial landfall, the cyclone moved back into the gulf a couple days later and then made another landfall in Southwest Louisiana during the morning of the 30th.

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Flash Flood

Pointe Coupee, 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

West 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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Storm Surge/Tide

East Cameron, LA · Aug 27, 2017

Harvey moved across the Gulf of Mexico into the central Texas Coast during the last week of August. After the initial landfall, the cyclone moved back into the gulf a couple days later and then made another landfall in Southwest Louisiana during the morning of the 30th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

West Cameron, LA · Aug 27, 2017

Harvey moved across the Gulf of Mexico into the central Texas Coast during the last week of August. After the initial landfall, the cyclone moved back into the gulf a couple days later and then made another landfall in Southwest Louisiana during the morning of the 30th.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Plaquemines, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Terrebonne, LA · Jun 21, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Jefferson, LA · Jun 21, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Plaquemines, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower St. Bernard, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Storm Surge/Tide

St. John The Baptist, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower St. Bernard, LA · Oct 7, 2017

Hurricane Nate began as a tropical depression over the northwest Caribbean Sea on the morning of October 4th and moved fairly rapidly northward, with forward speeds in excess of 20 mph, for the next several days while gaining strength.

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Storm Surge/Tide

Lower Plaquemines, LA · Oct 7, 2017

Hurricane Nate began as a tropical depression over the northwest Caribbean Sea on the morning of October 4th and moved fairly rapidly northward, with forward speeds in excess of 20 mph, for the next several days while gaining strength.

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Tropical Storm

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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Tropical Storm

Natchitoches, 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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Tropical Storm

Union, 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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Tropical Storm

Lower Terrebonne, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

St. John The Baptist, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

Lower Lafourche, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

Lower Plaquemines, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

Lower St. Bernard, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

St. Charles, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

Lower Jefferson, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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Tropical Storm

Upper St. Bernard, LA · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy developed over the central Gulf of Mexico on June 20th and moved generally northwest for the next few days before making landfall in southwest Louisiana near the Louisiana and Texas state line.||Cindy was an asymmetric system as it moved through the central…

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