2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A area of low pressure slowly moved across South Louisiana during the 12th, 13th, and 14th. A widespread area of 6 inches or more fell across the region with some locations receiving more than 20 inches.
Read the full account →For the second time in January, near record atmospheric levels of moisture, for January, was in place across southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana.
Read the full account →Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest and most destructive hurricanes on record to impact the coast of the United States. It will likely be recorded as one the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States to date resulting in catastrophic damage and numerous…
Read the full account →A very slow moving area of low pressure moved west across South Louisiana. Very high moisture content and slow moving bands of rain generated efficient rain producing storms that left rainfall totals at some locations over 20 inches.
Read the full account →A area of low pressure slowly moved across South Louisiana during the 12th, 13th, and 14th. A widespread area of 6 inches or more fell across the region with some locations receiving more than 20 inches.
Read the full account →Hurricane Francine formed as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9, 2024, and intensified into a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall near Houma, Louisiana, on the morning of September 11.
Read the full account →A typical mid fall stronger cold front was moving through the region during the early morning hours of November 19th. As the boundary moved into southeast Louisiana, a surface low began to develop and depend right along the front.
Read the full account →An upper level system moved across the area very slowly on March 29th. The flow pattern in the upper levels were quite conducive for sustained thunderstorm growth.
Read the full account →An upper level system moved across the area very slowly on March 29th. The flow pattern in the upper levels were quite conducive for sustained thunderstorm growth.
Read the full account →A deepening surface low formed across the ArkLaTex region in the early morning hours on December 1st. In the warm sector of the low, thunderstorms formed along a convergent axis almost parallel to the upper-level flow, which caused training to occur over an urban area (Baton…
Read the full account →Francine originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the West coast of Africa on August 28th. The wave traversed the tropical Atlantic Ocean with minimal organization, reaching the Leeward Islands by September 1st.
Read the full account →Francine originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the West coast of Africa on August 28th. The wave traversed the tropical Atlantic Ocean with minimal organization, reaching the Leeward Islands by September 1st.
Read the full account →Francine originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the West coast of Africa on August 28th. The wave traversed the tropical Atlantic Ocean with minimal organization, reaching the Leeward Islands by September 1st.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system brought widespread showers and thunderstorms to the area. The system tapped into deep tropical moisture resulting in very intense rainfall across a large portion of the area.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →Delta first developed into a tropical depression in the Caribbean just south of Jamaica on the afternoon of October 4th. As it tracked across the western Caribbean, it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane.
Read the full account →A area of low pressure slowly moved across South Louisiana during the 12th, 13th, and 14th. A widespread area of 6 inches or more fell across the region with some locations receiving more than 20 inches.
Read the full account →A strong upper level low pressure system settled over northern Mexico on March 8th, and became stationary through March 12th as it was cut off from the upper level jet stream, with a blocking upper ridge having developed over Florida and the western Atlantic.
Read the full account →On the morning of April 24th, a remnant mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) that originated off the southeast Texas coast drifted along the northern Gulf and eventually stalled near the Baton Rouge metro area.
Read the full account →Moisture rich air with near record precipitable water, for this time of year, surged north from the Gulf of Mexico across the local area as a warm front lifted northward.
Read the full account →For the second time in January, near record atmospheric levels of moisture, for January, was in place across southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana.
Read the full account →Hurricane Francine formed as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9, 2024, and intensified into a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall near Houma, Louisiana, on the morning of September 11.
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