Flash Flood in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Flash Flood May 11, 2026 · East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Broadcast media shared a photo of flooding on Airline Highway.

The wider storm

A moist and moderately unstable airmass along a cold front moving through the region supported development of thunderstorms across southeast Louisiana late afternoon and evening of May 11th. Although weak low-level flow limited the overall severe-weather organization, locally heavy rainfall occurred in Baton Rouge metro as well as a brief tornado and associated wind damage in St. James Parish near Grand Point and Paulina.

Began near Westminster (30.4400, -91.0800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 St. James Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1343501. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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