Flash Flood, Lafayette
- When
- January 5, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Carencro
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 30.207, -92.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
Around eight inches of rain fell across Lafayette Parish, resulting in serious flooding in Carencro. 41 homes received flood damages, of which 14 had major damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- 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.
Around eight inches of rain fell across Lafayette Parish, resulting in serious flooding in Carencro. 41 homes received flood damages, of which 14 had major damage. Several businesses also were damaged by the floods. Several roads in the city of Lafayette were also flooded.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:02 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
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 5 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Cold in Washington, January 5 to 23, 1998
- Tornadoes in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 5 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5628812.