East Carroll storm history

Flooding along the Mississippi River caused extensive flooding of low lying farmland around the river. All of the flood waters were within the mainline levee. The secondary levee at Bunches Bend failed causing extensive damage inside the levee. Twenty camps and 3 homes were eithe…

A swath of damaging winds north of Lake Providence caused numerous trees, power poles, and power lines to have been blown down. Substantial damage occurred to the Shelburn Fire Station and numerous homes were damaged. A tree fell on a house on Highland Road.

Heavy rainfall fell across all of East Carroll Parish as persistent rain bands continued to impact the area from weakening Hurricane Gustav. Rainfall amounts between 7 and 13 inches fell across the parish, mostly during the evening of the 2nd and early morning of the 3rd. Numerou…

During the late afternoon of the 3rd, another heavy band of storms developed across the region and produced another 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. This rain fell on already soaked and flooded land. This new rainfall flooded around several homes and numerous roads. Crops were also dam…

Heavy rainfall, between 4 and 7 inches, fell across most of northern East Carrol Parish, with Lake Providence being especially hard hit. Many streets around town were under water with water entering a housing complex which caused damage to several units. A school complex also had…

A picture showed a funnel cloud near US Highway 65 between Oak Grove and Lake Providence. There was no known damage.

A few trees were blown down around the parish.

Some trees were damaged in the area with a few down on power lines.

Straight line wind caused damage across East Carroll Parish. There was damage to mobile homes and a few structures on the west side of Lake Providence along First Street. One structure had its roof lifted off, and an outer wall collapsed due to the roof being lifted. A few mobile…

Power line down.

Power pole blown down at highway 882.

Light snow accumulated on elevated surfaces totaling a trace.

Several trees were damaged or downed along highway 580 just west of Alsatia.

Several trees were blown down near the intersection of MS Highway 580 and US Highway 65.

Multiple large trees were blown down in the Lake Providence area.

Several trees were blown down in various parts of the parish with power outages.

A tree was blown down across Highway 877 just north of Highway 580.

Major flooding occurred across portions of East Carroll Parish, and several roads were covered with floodwaters.

Several roads were flooded.

Trees were blown down across southern parts of the parish including several blown down along US Highway 65 between Alsatia and Sondheimer. There was also minor wind damage to the roofs of a few homes.

Mostly small hail fell, but some was up to the size of quarters.

Accumulations of sleet and light freezing rain fell across the parish, with sleet totals of up to 0.7 inches in Lake Providence. Area roads were covered by sleet.

Multiple power poles and power lines were blown down along US Highway 65.

Drought conditions in East Carroll Parish remained at D3 (Extreme Drought) as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Drought conditions in East Carroll Parish persisted at D3 (Extreme Drought) as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Drought conditions in East Carroll Parish intensified from D1 (Moderate Drought) to D3 (Extreme Drought) as depicted on the U.S. Drought Monitor.

A line of severe thunderstorms blew down multiple trees in a swath across the parish.

Several trees and power lines were blown down in town.

Multiple trees were blown down across the city of Lake Providence with several roads blocked.

A tree was blown down across Peanut Road.

A tree was blown down near the intersection of US Highway 65 and Louisiana State Route 580.

Quarter size hail fell in Lake Providence.

The U.S. Drought Monitor indicated Severe Drought (D2) conditions across East Carroll Parish during the month of December. Rainfall across the parish was generally less than 50 percent of normal, and temperatures averaged around 10 degrees above normal through the month. The comb…

Several roads were flooded in and around the Lake Providence area.

A portion of US Highway 65 between Shelburn and Panola was flooded due to runoff from earlier heavy rainfall.

The roof was blown off an apartment building, and some power lines were blown down in the Lake Providence area.

A couple of trees and a power line were blown down near Lake Providence.

A few trees were blown down just to the northwest of Lake Providence.

A tree was blown down on Highway 65 in Lake Providence.

A couple of power lines were blown down on Highway 65 South.

Quarter size hail fell along Highway 2. A motorist noted some dents in their car from the hail.

Power lines were blown down in Lake Providence.