Flash Flood, Lafayette
- When
- May 31, 6:20 PM CST to 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Lafayette
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 30.207, -92.064 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 31, 1999
As much as five inches of rain fell in 40 minutes, resulting in 20 to 30 homes flooding on the southwest side of Lafayette.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $50,000
- 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.
As much as five inches of rain fell in 40 minutes, resulting in 20 to 30 homes flooding on the southwest side of Lafayette.
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:17 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
- Tornadoes in Colorado, May 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 1999
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 1999
- Tornado in Michigan, May 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 31, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 31, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 31, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 1999
- Tornado in Colorado, May 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5698128.