Flash Flood — Ascension, Louisiana

2021-07-02 · near Galvez, Ascension, Louisiana

Event narrative

Barricades were requested to put out on Joe Sevario Road due to significant street flooding.

Wider weather episode

In the afternoon and evening hours on July 2nd, a stalled frontal boundary draped across northern Louisiana, central Mississippi and Alabama. This left moist, unstable air across southern Louisiana and much drier continental air to the north. This boundary, along with a upper-level weak disturbance helped ignite slow-moving scattered showers and thunderstorms that led to flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 974409. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.