Flood, St. Mary
- When
- April 5, 1:00 PM CST to April 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Mary forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
Flooding in Louisiana, April 5 to 6, 1997
Heavy rain caused riverfront industry on Front Street in Morgan City to flood. On the unprotected side of the Front Street floodwall, the road was closed through the weekend.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Heavy rain caused riverfront industry on Front Street in Morgan City to flood. On the unprotected side of the Front Street floodwall, the road was closed through the weekend. In Stephensville, the backwater area on the east side of town was flooded and six homes had water enter them when water came over sandbags. The hardest hit area was Bayou Estates.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Lower St. Martin
- When
- April 5, 1:00 PM CST to April 6, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower St. Martin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 30.129, -91.608 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 5 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, April 5 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, April 5 to 6, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 5 to 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 5, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 5 to 8, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 5 to 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 5, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 5, 1997
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 5 to 6, 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: 5600984, 5600985.