Flash Flood, East Baton Rouge
- When
- January 6, 10:00 PM CST to January 7, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- East Baton Rouge County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 30.538, -91.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Flooding in Louisiana, January 6 to 7, 1998
Heavy rainfall of three to six inches occurred during the night and morning hours across much of east central and southeast Louisiana. Many parishes experienced flooding of rural secondary roadways, and street flooding occurred in many communities.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 LIX wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall of three to six inches occurred during the night and morning hours across much of east central and southeast Louisiana. Many parishes experienced flooding of rural secondary roadways, and street flooding occurred in many communities. Substantial flooding occurred in several areas where the heavy rain overwhelmed the drainage capacity . In the Baton Rouge area, St Charles Parish, and Terrebonne Parish, several houses and or businesses were reported flooded. In St. Bernard Parish, flood waters entered 24 houses in the Arabi area. In St. Tammany Parish, a number of houses and a few businesses were flooded in the Slidell and Mandeville area, small streams left their banks around Abita Springs flooding roads into that community. Damage amounts were estimated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 flood, 5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Assumption
- When
- January 6, 10:00 PM CST to January 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Assumption County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 29.901, -91.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Iberville
- When
- January 6, 11:00 PM CST to January 7, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iberville County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 30.259, -91.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Terrebonne
- When
- January 6, 11:00 PM CST to January 7, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Terrebonne County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Coordinates
- 29.337, -90.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Washington
- When
- January 6, 11:00 PM CST to January 7, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 30.853, -90.040 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, St. James
- When
- January 7, 12:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. James County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 30.026, -90.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, St. John the Baptist
- When
- January 7, 12:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. John the Baptist County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 30.127, -90.471 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lafourche
- When
- January 7, 12:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lafourche County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -90.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, St. Charles
- When
- January 7, 12:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Charles County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 29.906, -90.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, St. Bernard
- When
- January 7, 1:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- St. Bernard County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 29.874, -89.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, St. Tammany
- When
- January 7, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Tammany County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 30.409, -89.954 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- 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
- Ice Storm in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Ice Storm in Vermont, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 6 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Winter Weather in New York, January 6 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, January 6 to 7, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 6, 1998
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, January 1998
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: 5631402, 5631500, 5631404, 5631409, 5631411, 5631403, 5631405, 5631406, 5631407, 5631408, 5631410.