Flash Flood, Vermilion
- When
- March 11, 6:00 PM CST to March 12, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vermilion County, Abbeville
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 29.809, -92.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11 to 12, 1999
Over eight inches of rain fell in a few hours, resulting in severe flooding across Abbeville. More than 50 homes and businesses reported water enter them in Abbeville, Erath, and Kaplan.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
Over eight inches of rain fell in a few hours, resulting in severe flooding across Abbeville. More than 50 homes and businesses reported water enter them in Abbeville, Erath, and Kaplan. The water rose as much as two feet in 33 of these homes. Several roads were flooded, including LA 14 in Grosse Isle, LA 82 south of Abbeville, the intersection of 696 and 343 in Meaux, LA 693 near Perry, and dozens of secondary roads and city streets.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Puerto Rico, March 11, 1999
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 11 to 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 11, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 11 to 13, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 11, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 11 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 11, 1999
- Waterspouts in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 11, 1999
- Flood in Indiana, March 11 to 14, 1999
- Cold in Alaska, March 11 to 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5692688.