Flash Flood — Orleans, Louisiana

2025-07-07 · near Algiers, Orleans, Louisiana

Event narrative

A picture on social media showed water over a foot deep from heavy rain along General Meyer Avenue near Shirley Drive.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rainfall associated with slow-moving thunderstorms on July 7, 2025, produced flash flooding in portions of Orleans Parish. Social media photos showed water over a foot deep along General Meyer Avenue near Shirley Drive in New Orleans.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (29.9400, -90.0300)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1286878. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.