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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

Caddo, LA · Apr 30, 2016

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…

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Flash Flood

Bossier, LA · Apr 30, 2016

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…

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Mar 8, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Bossier, LA · Apr 30, 2016

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…

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Flash Flood

Bossier, LA · Apr 30, 2016

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…

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Apr 30, 2016

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…

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Apr 18, 2016

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…

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Aug 25, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Aug 25, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Aug 25, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Caddo, LA · Aug 25, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

Caldwell, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

La Salle, LA · Jul 28, 2016

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.

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Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jun 12, 2016

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.

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Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jun 12, 2016

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.

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Flash Flood

East Baton Rouge, LA · Apr 18, 2019

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.

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Flash Flood

Ouachita, LA · Jul 30, 2016

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.

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Coastal Flood

East Cameron, LA · May 21, 2019

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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Flash Flood

Beauregard, LA · May 19, 2019

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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