Flash Flood — St. Tammany, Louisiana

2016-03-10 to 2016-03-11 · near Folsom, St. Tammany, Louisiana

$4.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Widespread heavy rainfall of 6 to 12 inches across northwest St Tammany Parish during the overnight and morning hours resulted in widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded during the night in the affected areas. High water rescues were conducted at a number of locations from flooded houses or houses isolated by flood waters. Approximately 90 people were were rescued from Camp Abbey Retreat Center on Friday - March 11. Heavy rainfall eventually caused the Baogue Falaya River, Tchefuncte River and Pearl River to reach major or historic flood levels in the few days following the heavy rainfall. A total of 625 structures within the parish were flooded from flash flooding or riverine flooding with 425 classified as major flood damage or destroyed.

Wider weather episode

A closed upper low moved across the southern United States.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 637631. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.