Flash Flood, Iberia
- When
- April 27, 10:45 AM CST to 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Iberia County, New Iberia
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 29.514, -91.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 27, 1997
Up to four inches of rain fell in two hours or less across New Iberia. Major street flooding turned even more serious when water entered several homes.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.
Up to four inches of rain fell in two hours or less across New Iberia. Major street flooding turned even more serious when water entered several homes.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:44 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Georgia, April 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Louisiana, April 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Arkansas, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Louisiana, April 27, 1997
- Hail in Louisiana, April 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, April 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5600975.