Louisiana, 2003

Heavy Rain in Louisiana, July 5, 2003

July 5, 2003 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 12:30 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:30 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 9:56 AM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-060930-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1056 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FOR ENTIRE
   OUTLOOK AREA...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
TROPICAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING...A FEW
WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON.

FLOODING...
TROPICAL RAINS WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST THEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF HOMES AND
BUSINESSES BECOMING THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH 7 PM. RUNOFF INTO AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE RAPID.

OTHER...
TOPPLING OF TREES DUE TO SATURATED GROUND WILL POSE A THREAT OF
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE BUT WATERLOGGED
LARGE TREES WILL BECOME TOP HEAVY AND CAPABLE OF BECOMING UPROOTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS
REQUESTED AT THIS TIME PRIMARILY FOR FLOOD MONITORING AND REPORTING.
THE OZONE AMATUER RADIO CLUB WILL BE MONITORING REPORTS OF FLOODING
FROM HOME BASE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:25 AM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS, LA
1125 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0925 AM    SLIDELL                   LA   FLASH FLOODS
07/05/03   ST. TAMMANY                    GAUSE ROAD FLOODED NEAR
                                          LONE STAR RESTAURANT.
                                          REPORTED BY POLICE DEPT.

0945 AM    MC COMB                   MS   FLASH FLOODS
07/05/03   PIKE                           TREES UPROOTED DUE TO
                                          SATURATED GROUND. STREET
                                          FLOODING WITH VERY HEAVY
                                          RAINS AT TIME OF REPORT.
                                          REPORTED BY POLICE
                                          DEPARTMENT.

1030 AM    COUNTYWIDE                MS   FLASH FLOODS
07/05/03   HANCOCK                        SEVERAL HIGHWAYS
                                          IMPASSIBLE. KILN-PICAYUNE
                                          ROAD...FIRE DEPT ROAD IN
                                          KILN...HIHWAY 43 N OF
                                          HIGHWAY 603 6 INCHES OF
                                          WATER OVER ROAD...HIGHWAY
                                          603 S OF ROCKY HILL-DEDEAUX
                                          ROAD. REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
                                          OFFICE.

RJR
Local storm report, Jul 5, 12:23 PM CST, 37 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Ascension

When
July 5, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where
Ascension County, Gonzales
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
30.204, -90.911 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rainfall resulted in extensive street flooding around Gonzales.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, July 2003

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: 5372618.