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Drought in Southwestern St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Drought August 16, 2023 – August 31, 2023 · Southwestern St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

What the National Weather Service wrote

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

The wider storm

With ridging sitting over the area for the better part of August, all of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi saw significantly less rainfall than usual for August. This lead to the rapid onset of drought conditions during the beginning of August and lasting through the end of August.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1137288. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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