Flash Flood — Rapides, Louisiana

2017-04-02 to 2017-04-03 · near Meeker, Rapides, Louisiana

Event narrative

Widespread heavy rain fell across Central Louisiana with amounts ranging from 6 to 10 inches. Many homes in south and west sections of Alexandria along with numerous streets flooded during the event. Flooding was also reported in Boyce and Ball. The debris line from the flood water was noted to be several inches deep in houses across entire neighborhoods during the tornado survey the following day in South Alexandria.

Wider weather episode

A cold front and upper trough pushed through the region with severe storms ahead of the system. The very soupy air mass also produced high amounts of rainfall that lead to flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 695198. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.