Flood, Calcasieu
- When
- September 24, 6:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calcasieu County, Lake Charles
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.229, -93.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Louisiana, September 24, 1997
A slow moving cold front produced between four and six inches across Calcasieu Parish, resulting in street flooding in Lake Charles. As much as a foot of water was covering roads near Interstate 210 during the height of the event.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
A slow moving cold front produced between four and six inches across Calcasieu Parish, resulting in street flooding in Lake Charles. As much as a foot of water was covering roads near Interstate 210 during the height of the event. Minor flooding also occurred along the Calcasieu Ricer near Old Town Bay. The only impact was minor flooding along Goos Ferry Road.
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
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- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 24, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 24, 1997
- Flood in Puerto Rico, September 24, 1997
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- Tornado in California, September 24, 1997
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5616956.