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Flash Flood in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Flash Flood May 17, 2021 · West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A vehicle crashed into a flooded canal leading to one fatality. One other remains missing.
The wider storm
In the overnight hours on May 17th into the early morning on May 18th, a cluster of slow moving severe thunderstorms associated with a weak mid-level disturbance drifted east across southeastern Louisiana. Ample overnight instability and weak steering flow resulted in damaging wind gusts, flash flooding and a few isolated weak tornadoes.
Began near Kabus (30.4631, -91.2581).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 960542. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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