Flash Flood in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

Flash Flood September 15, 2021 · Evangeline Parish, Louisiana

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

All lanes of US 167 were flooded and closed from LA 748 to the Evangeline/Saint Landry Parish Line. Rainfall totals were 6 to 11 inches over a 6 hour period.

The wider storm

Hurricane Nicholas moved into the central Texas coast early on the 14th. The remnants of the system moved into Louisiana the late on the 14th then drifted around the state causing flooding.

Began near Tate Cove (30.7101, -92.2479).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 986606. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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