St. Helena storm history

Sixteen to twenty inches of rainfall over a 2 day period led to widespread flash flooding in St. Helena Parish. As water drained into area rivers, rapid rises and record flooding occurred along the Amite and Tickfaw Rivers. As floodwaters rose, numerous high water rescues were ne…

Widespread damage to trees and powerlines occurred throughout the parish, with mostly minor to moderate structural damage. Most structural damage was in the form of roof damage, carports damaged, or other fascia damage. However, some homes suffered major damage due to falling tre…

A combination of heat and humidity allowed heat indices to climb into the 113-115 degree range on July 23rd, which meet extreme heat conditions.

Sheriffs Office reports trees down across the parish, especially on 3rd street near Montpelier and near Myrtle St.

DEMCO reported widespread power outages across northeastern St. Helena Parish from downed powerlines.

Multiple powerlines down due to thunderstorm winds across rural northeastern St. Helena Parish.

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 into the single digit range across the parish with the lowe…

Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon.

D2 drought conditions began on October 22nd and continued through the end of the month.

St Helena sheriffs department received a report of a tree down on highway 63, north of highway 16.

St. Helena Sheriffs Department received a report of a tree down on highway 441 north of highway 38.

St. Helena Sheriffs Office received a report of a powerline down off of Bates Road.

An NWS Survey found several trees downed by straightline thunderstorm winds near the intersection of Arnold Lane and Dick J Road.

Doors blown open, trees down, power outages.

Video and image of hail up to half-dollar size along highway 1045 west of Amite shared via social media. Time estimated by radar.

Nearby mesonet observations showed temperatures dropping below freezing around 4pm on the 15th. Rain switched over to freezing rain around this time and persisted for several hours, resulting in around 0.25 inches ice accumulation. It can be assumed similar amounts fell across th…

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 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.

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 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.

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 much of southeast Louisiana, mainly along I-12 and northward during on July 30th. 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 portions of southeast Louisiana mainly along and north of I-12 on July 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 118 degree range.

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.

Very hot and humid weather occurred over portions of southeast Louisiana mainly along and north of I-12 on July 13th. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to 100 degrees with heat indices were in the 113 to 115 degree range.