Flash Flood in Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Flash Flood December 12, 2009 · Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain produced widespread and significant street flooding and caused the flooding of some homes in the Fountainbleau neighborhood. One person drowned in the Algiers area of New Orleans when he drove into a flooded canal. A passenger in the auto escaped injury but the driver was unable to exit the auto.

The wider storm

Moderate to locally heavy rainfall occurred across sections of the New Orleans metro area as an upper air disturbance acted on deep moisture in place across the Gulf Coast. The rain fell on nearly saturated ground resulting in some flash flooding.

Began near Vieux Carre (30.0186, -90.1092).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 207835. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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