Flash Flood in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Flash Flood August 12, 2016 – August 14, 2016 · St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

$30.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

During the evening of the 12th flooding of some roadways started to occur in Saint Landry Parish. The heavy rainfall continued eventually flooding Highway 190 which remained closed for multiple days due to standing water. Water continued to rise into the 13th eventually flooding an estimated 2,878 structures.

The wider storm

A very slow moving area of low pressure moved west across South Louisiana. Very high moisture content and slow moving bands of rain generated efficient rain producing storms that left rainfall totals at some locations over 20 inches. A couple of severe storms also occurred during the period.

Began near Gordon (31.2634, -91.8498).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 656560. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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