2,076 first-hand accounts of flood events in Louisiana, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
After a brief respite from severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours on April 29th over Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, additional strong to severe thunderstorms developed from the late morning hours through much of the afternoon and evening on April 29th, and…
Read the full account →After a brief respite from severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours on April 29th over Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, additional strong to severe thunderstorms developed from the late morning hours through much of the afternoon and evening on April 29th, and…
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 →After a brief respite from severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours on April 29th over Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, additional strong to severe thunderstorms developed from the late morning hours through much of the afternoon and evening on April 29th, and…
Read the full account →After a brief respite from severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours on April 29th over Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, additional strong to severe thunderstorms developed from the late morning hours through much of the afternoon and evening on April 29th, and…
Read the full account →After a brief respite from severe thunderstorms during the predawn hours on April 29th over Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas, additional strong to severe thunderstorms developed from the late morning hours through much of the afternoon and evening on April 29th, and…
Read the full account →A narrow band of showers producing heavy rain developed from Northern Desoto Parish north across Central and Eastern Caddo and western Bossier Parishes during the late afternoon and evening on April 18th, and trained repeatedly over the same areas of Shreveport and Bossier City…
Read the full account →A hot, humid, and unstable air mass was in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex region on August 25th, which sat on the western periphery of an upper level ridge of high pressure that was anchored over the Tennessee Valley.
Read the full account →A hot, humid, and unstable air mass was in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex region on August 25th, which sat on the western periphery of an upper level ridge of high pressure that was anchored over the Tennessee Valley.
Read the full account →A hot, humid, and unstable air mass was in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex region on August 25th, which sat on the western periphery of an upper level ridge of high pressure that was anchored over the Tennessee Valley.
Read the full account →A hot, humid, and unstable air mass was in place across much of the Ark-La-Tex region on August 25th, which sat on the western periphery of an upper level ridge of high pressure that was anchored over the Tennessee Valley.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable airmass developed during the afternoon and evening hours of July 28th across Northern Louisiana. The atmosphere was so moist that precipitable water values were in excess of two inches across much of the northern half of the state.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 12th, as a warm, very moist, and unstable air mass was in place ahead of an upper level low pressure system over Southern Oklahoma and attendant trough axis that trailed the low across Central Texas.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 12th, as a warm, very moist, and unstable air mass was in place ahead of an upper level low pressure system over Southern Oklahoma and attendant trough axis that trailed the low across Central Texas.
Read the full account →Deepening low pressure moving from Texas to the Lower Ohio River Valley generated a line of thunderstorms that moved through southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana during the afternoon hours of the 18th.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed due to a disturbance which moved towards the region in northwest flow aloft. These storms developed with a moderate to severely unstable atmosphere present with afternoon temperatures well into the 90s and surface dewpoints in the 70s.
Read the full account →A cold front moved into the region and stalled on the 19th. Multiple short waves moved across the region during the time causing severe weather and tornadoes.
Read the full account →A cold front moved into the region and stalled on the 19th. Multiple short waves moved across the region during the time causing severe weather and tornadoes.
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