Louisiana, 2020Flood and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 1, 2020
July 1, 2020 · NWS LIX · 2 events in 1 county or zone
Nearby Mesoscale Convective Systems across Alabama and the northern Gulf coast spread outflow boundaries that sparked clusters of severe thunderstorms across far eastern and coastal southeastern Louisiana.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Nearby Mesoscale Convective Systems across Alabama and the northern Gulf coast spread outflow boundaries that sparked clusters of severe thunderstorms across far eastern and coastal southeastern Louisiana.
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 1, 3:09 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:09 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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- When
- July 1, 3:36 PM CST
- Where
- St. Bernard County, Chalmette
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 29.930, -89.970
Broadcast media relayed pictures of damage to an awning carport covering. Time estimated by radar.
Flood, St. Bernard
- When
- July 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Bernard County, 0.76 mi SE of Arabi to 1.02 mi NW of Chalmette
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 29.941, -89.993
Minor street flooding to curb depth on several streets in Arabi. Pea sized hail also reported with this storm. Average rain rate 2 inches per hour and measured 5 inches between 2PM and 430PM.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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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: 911840, 911847.