Flash Flood, Beauregard
- When
- April 4, 2:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beauregard County, De Ridder
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.649, -93.343 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
Up to ten inches of rain fell across the northwest half of Beauregard Parish. De Ridder reported significant flooding of primary and secondary streets.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $250,000
- 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.
Up to ten inches of rain fell across the northwest half of Beauregard Parish. De Ridder reported significant flooding of primary and secondary streets. Over twenty roads were closed around the parish due to high waters, including highways 27, 111, and 1147. Several sections of roads were completely washed away, including six miles of LA 394. Residents on Bundick Lake reported water in homes due to high lake levels.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:57 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
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, April 4, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 4 to 5, 1999
- Tornado in Virginia, April 4, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 4, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 4, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, April 4 to 6, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 4, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, April 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5696260.