Flash Flood in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

Excessive heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Gustav resulted in high water across portions of Ouachita Parish. The hardest hit areas were areas to the southwest and south of Monroe, Louisiana, particularly in the Brownsville-Bawcomville Community. Roads were inundated in the community with water reported in several homes. Some homes were flooded was reported included White Columns Street, Oregon Trail, Gourd Bayou Road, Oliver Road and most of the Tanglewood Drive Subdivision. A three day storm total rainfall of over 8 to 10 inches was common across much of Ouachita Parish from the remnants of Hurricane Gustav. Emergency Management reported that the National Guard was called into evacuate people from their homes in the Tanglewood Subdivision. Approximately 64 people were put into shelters due to flooding. 160 homes had to be evacuated due to serious flooding in the Monroe area.

Hurricane Gustav moved northwestward into the southeast Louisiana coast during the early morning hours of September 1st. The storm continued a steady northwestward motion into east central Louisiana and northwest Louisiana during the evening hours of September 1st. The storm was downgraded to a tropical storm just before entering east central Louisiana during the late evening hours of September 1st. As the storm continued to move to the northwest...tropical storm force winds affected much of east central and west central Louisiana which downed numerous trees and power lines. Power was out across many locations and several trees fell on top of homes and automobiles. Wind gusts likely approached 70 mph in a few locations during the evening and late night hours of September 1st into the pre dawn hours of September 2nd.