Flash Flood, East Feliciana
- When
- March 13, 8:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- East Feliciana County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $57,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.845, -91.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Hail
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $807,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, West Feliciana
- When
- March 13, 8:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- West Feliciana County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.880, -91.420 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall amounts of 4 to 7 inches fell in an eight hour period causing a flash flood that resulted in the damage or destruction of five bridges in West Feliciana and East Feliciana Parishes. The heavy rain caused the Amite River to rise to near flood stage and washed debris into the river which jammed into the support pilings of the Louisiana Highway 10 bridge near Darlington. The middle two spans of the structure collapsed into the river as the pilings eventually fractured under the stress of the debris being pushed into the supports by the rapid flow of the river. A bridge over Polly Creek near Plettenburg also collapsed when the creek turned into a torrent during the heavy rainfall event. Bank erosion damaged the Highland Road bridge over Little Bayou Sara and a low water bridge on Island Road in West Feliciana Parish. A bridge over Thompson Creek in East Feliciana Parish was also washed out.
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
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, March 13, 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: 5693077, 5693078.