Louisiana, 2010

Flash Flood in Louisiana, November 1, 2010

November 1, 2010 · NWS LCH · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across south central Louisiana during the afternoon and evening hours on November 1. Thunderstorms repeatedly formed and moved across Vermilion Parish, causing widespread flash flooding in and around Abbeville.

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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.

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across south central Louisiana during the afternoon and evening hours on November 1. Thunderstorms repeatedly formed and moved across Vermilion Parish, causing widespread flash flooding in and around Abbeville.

The radar

The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Vermilion

When
November 1, 5:15 PM CST to 7:15 PM CST
Where
Vermilion County, 0.25 mi WSW of Meaux to 3.68 mi N of Cow Is
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
30.018, -92.183

Abbeville Police Department and Abbeville Meridional Newspaper reported widespread flash flooding in and around Abbeville. Two homes on Graceland Avenue in Abbeville were flooded, while the parking lot of an automobile dealership on Louisiana Highway 14 Bypass had its parking lot completely underwater. Numerous vehicles stalled in the floodwaters and drove off roadways into flooded ditches. Many roadways were underwater throughout the city, including Rodeo Road, John Hardy Drive, Charity Street, Lyman Street, Sylvester Street, and Alcide Circle. Radar estimated 6.5 inches of rain fell in an approximately three-hour period.

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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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: 268889.