Flash Flood — Avoyelles, Louisiana

2017-04-30 · near Center Pt, Avoyelles, Louisiana

$2.5M

Property damage

Event narrative

A large swath of 5 to 10 inches of rain fell across Southwest and Central Louisiana during the morning of the 30th. In Bunkie water entered at least 35 homes and 5 businesses with up to 1 foot of water. The co-op station in Bunkie received 10.88 inches of rain. 8 homes flooded in Marksville and 3 homes flooded in Cottonport. Numerous reports of rescues from flooded vehicles also occurred.

Wider weather episode

Winds increased across Louisiana ahead of a system that was kicking out of West Texas. This produced a couple reports of tree damage. Later in the afternoon and into the night scattered reports of severe weather and flooding were received as the system moved through.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 695324. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.