Washington storm history

Heavy rainfall caused flooding of several secondary and rural highways. A 57 year old woman was apparently drowned when her automobile was swept off a rural Martin Road by floodwaters from nearby Snell Creek.

The parish suffered mainly minor wind impacts in the form of downed trees and powerlines and some minor structural damage to roofs. At the peak, approximately 30% of the parish was without power.

Moderate flooding along the Bogue Chitto River occurred as ten to fifteen inches of rain across the western part of Washington Parish drained into the river. Approximately 40 homes suffered varying degrees of damage, many of which were in the Bogue Chitto Heights subdivision.

Eight to twelve inches of rain over a two day period led to flash flooding across northwestern Washington Parish as water drained into the Bogue Chitto River and its tributaries. Numerous roads were impassible and several homes suffered flood damage from Mount Hermon to Franklint…

Rainfall of 8 to 15 inches fell across much of the parish during the evening and overnight hours. A rainfall observer near Mt. Hermon, in the far northwest section, recorded 16 inches of rainfall. The runoff from the heavy rainfall produced life threatening flash flooding in many…

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 reported a tree down on Highway 430 near Franklinton.

Sheriffs office reported a tree down on Sylvest Road near Highway 16.

Sheriffs office reported a tree down on Highway 16, near Jenkins Road 2.

Numerous downed trees reported across Thigpen Rd, Hwy 16 and Hwy 1072. Time estimated by radar.

Numerous trees down on Lee Road up to the intersection at LA Hwy 439. Time estimated by radar.

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 10 to 20 degree range across the parish. The colde…

Several inches of snow fell across the parish beginning in the early morning hours and tapering off mid afternoon. The highest reported amount was 4 inches in Bogalusa.

Roof damage to home and damage to shed on Pinecrest Drive.

Francine brought tropical storm force winds to the parish, resulting in isolated to scattered damage to trees and powerlines with scattered power outages across the parish.

A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds on South Choctaw Road.

A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds on Thigpen Creek Rd. Time estimated by radar.

A tree was downed by thunderstorm winds near Franklinton. Time estimated by radar.

Downed power line reported by sheriffs office in Franklinton.

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree on the west side of Franklinton.

Water over roads near Highway 38 and Highway 1055.

Received an MPING report of one inch hail near Franklinton. Time estimated from radar.

Thunderstorm winds downed a tree in the Lake Choctaw neighborhood.

Nearby mesonet observations showed temperatures dropping below freezing around 6pm on the 15th. Rain switched over to freezing rain around this time and persisted for several hours, resulting in around 0.1 to 0.2 inches ice accumulation. It can be assumed similar amounts fell acr…

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.

One-inch tree limbs broken and minor roof damage with some shingles blown off.

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.

A 72-year-old veteran was fatally burned when an outside fire spread to their building.

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.