Flash Flood — East Carroll, Louisiana

2008-05-15 · near Lake Providence, East Carroll, Louisiana

Event narrative

Heavy rainfall, between 4 and 7 inches, fell across most of northern East Carrol Parish, with Lake Providence being especially hard hit. Many streets around town were under water with water entering a housing complex which caused damage to several units. A school complex also had taken on water with several classrooms damaged. Additionally, many roads across the northern portion of the parish were under water along with many farm fields partially flooded. The flooded fields caused some crop damage to the young plants.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of storms evolved over the region starting late on the 14th and lasted through the 15th. This produced several areas of heavy rainfall across the forecast area. The region that experienced the greatest rainfall was across Northeast Louisiana, and West Central Mississippi where 5 to 8 inches fell. The other area of heavy rain was along Interstate 20, through Central and East Central Mississippi. Here, 3 to 6 inches fell. All this heavy rain resulted in flash flooding across the area. The severe weather was more scattered in nature, but what did occur was mainly damaging winds and located across the southern half of the area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 103869. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.