Flash Flood — Bossier, Louisiana

2008-05-13 to 2008-05-14 · near Honore, Bossier, Louisiana

$2.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Excessive heavy rainfall developed during the evening of May 13th. This resulted in widespread flooding across the southern portion of Bossier Parish. Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the city. Some homes and businesses in the city were flooded as well with many vehicles stalled out in high water across the city. The estimated monetary amount due to the flooding across the parish is very preliminary at this time and the monetary amount will likely be much higher.

Wider weather episode

A cluster of storms moved east from northeast Texas into northwest Louisiana where it met up with a rapidly developing band of showers and thunderstorms. Some of this convection initially produced large hail and damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. Eventually...heavy rainfall began across portions of northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana which continued all night and into the morning hours of May 14th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 96236. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.