Lower Terrebonne storm history

A shrimper was sorting his catch on a dock when he collapsed. He was rushed to a Houma hospital where died a short time later from heat exhaustion.

Francine made landfall in far southwestern Terrebonne Parish as a category 2 hurricane with estimated winds of 100 mph and higher gusts. The wind resulted in widespread damage to trees and powerlines, and damaged several structures as well. The wind tore the roof of a church and …

The parish suffered extreme impacts as the eyewall raked the eastern half of the parish as it moved inland. There was widespread catastrophic damage to structures throughout the parish and both of the parish's hospitals were severely damaged. An estimated 60% of homes in the pari…

Zeta produced sustained hurricane force winds with gusts over 100 mph that led to widespread wind damage especially through Chauvin and Cocodrie near where the hurricane made landfall. The wind snapped or downed hundreds of power poles along with trees an power lines. At the peak…

Ahead of Hurricane Zeta, officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for areas outside of the parish's levees and floodgates. The storm surge flooded several coastal roads, including LA HWY 56 with water rising under homes as well. The bottom levels of the Lumcon building were a…

Storm surge flooding of 5 to 8 ft above normal caused widespread flooding in lower Terrebonne Parish. Several local drainage levees were overtopped or breached and parish officials reported 2500 structures out of the 15000 stuctures in the area flooded. The high water took severa…

Hurricane Gustav made landfall in Terrebonne Parish near Cocodrie as a category 2 hurricane. Gustav affected around 500 homes in Terrebonne Parish with about 20 homes being destroyed, 40 receiving major damage, and 150 minor damage. Many businesses also received damage and numero…

Around 235 structures located mainly outside the levee system were flooded.

Temperatures were below freezing for approximately 60 hours from the evening of January 20th through the afternoon of January 23rd. The coldest period was the morning of January 22nd when air temperatures and wind chills dropped into the 10 to 15 degree range across the parish.

Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. The highest reported amount was 7.3 inches in Montegut.

Using a combination of NAVD88 data as well as analysis from the storm surge unit, peak storm surge in lower Terrebonne parish 7-10 feet above normally dry ground right along the coast.

Multiple days of high tides impacted the parish with many roads inundated. Several streets and parking lots in Cocodrie were flooded.

Nearby mesonet observations showed temperatures dropping below freezing around 2am on the 16th. Rain switched over to freezing rain around this time, resulting in around 0.1 inches ice accumulation. It can be assumed similar amounts fell across the parish as radar reflectivity wa…

An abnormally dry summer and fall lead to continuing D2 to D4 drought conditions across the zone.

The entire parish was in D3-D4 drought for the entire month.

The parish was under D3-D4 drought for the entire month.

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 27th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 26th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 24th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 23rd. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for most of southeast Louisiana on August 15th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 14th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 12th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 11th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 10th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 9th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 8th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 7th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 6th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 5th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 4th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 2nd. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Portions of the zone was under D2 to D4 drought due to minimal rainfall.

Very hot and humid weather occurred for all of southeast Louisiana on August 1st. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over all of southeast Louisiana during the last day of July. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range each afternoon.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over all of southeast Louisiana in mid July. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 118 degree range.

The southeastern portion of the parish was under D3 drought and the southwestern was in D2 throughout the month of June. Several days of rain at the end of the month dropped the drought intensity down below D2.

The south portion of the parish was under D3 drought throughout the month of June. Several days of rain at the end of the month dropped the drought intensity down below D2.

Some minor storm surge flooding occurred in low lying coastal areas as the storm approached. Estimated peak inundation was 1-3 feet. However, as the storm neared landfall, the northerly winds of the western eyewall resulted in significant water blow out with water levels dropping…