Flash Flood in Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Flash Flood May 13, 2008 – May 14, 2008 · Bossier Parish, Louisiana

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Honore (32.5723, -93.7230).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 96236. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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