Flood in Rapides Parish, Louisiana

Flood March 13, 2016 – March 30, 2016 · Rapides Parish, Louisiana

$3.9M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The flood wave traveled down the Red River from North Louisiana flooding areas between the main levees. An estimated 154 structures were flooded. The railroad tracks at Boyce also became impassable at the peak of the event. Also, a water control structure along Bayou Darrow in Grant Parish failed sending water into far northwest sections of Rapides Parish. Areas along Rigolette Bayou also flooded.

The wider storm

The flood wave from rainfall on the 9th and 10th in North Louisiana pushed across Central Louisiana flooding areas between the Red River Levees.

Began near Echo (31.1130, -92.2440).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 625832. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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