Flash Flood — Franklin, Louisiana

2022-08-23 · near Mason, Franklin, Louisiana

Event narrative

Flooding of multiple roads occurred throughout portions of Franklin Parish.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system spinning over northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms producing widespread heavy rain to northeast Louisiana through the day August 23rd. This flooded roads across portions of the area, and trees in saturated soils were more easily blown down.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1085405. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.