Flash Flood in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Flash Flood March 20, 2012 – March 21, 2012 · Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

$1.8M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorms trained over the same area through the afternoon and evening across portions of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. Between 10 and 16 inches of rain fell across thwe western half of Beauregard Parish. Heavy rain flooded 106 homes and closed some roadways around Deridder, Merryville, and Fields. Water was reported to be around 5 feet deep over portions of Highway 27 near Highway 110.

The wider storm

A cold front slowly moved into Southeast Texas and then into far west sections of Louisiana during the 20th. The cold front stalled upon entering Louisiana and then slowly moved back west through the evening before finally moving east in the morning of the 21st. The slow moving boundary produced severe weather and widespread flooding.

Began near Helme (30.1832, -93.5815).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF2 Vermilion Parish EF1 Jefferson Davis Parish EF1 Vermilion Parish EF0 St. Mary Parish EF0 Vermilion Parish

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 373360. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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