Flood, Acadia
- When
- April 27, 9:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Acadia County, Crowley
- Coordinates
- 30.291, -92.412 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Louisiana, April 27, 1997
As much as eight inches of rain caused Bayou Plaquemine to rise and flood the road near the Estherwood pontooon bridge.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- 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.
As much as eight inches of rain caused Bayou Plaquemine to rise and flood the road near the Estherwood pontooon bridge.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, 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
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5600983.