Louisiana, 2022

Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 13 to 14, 2022

April 13 to 14, 2022 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A cold front moved through the area during the evening hours of April 13th. As the front reached the New Orleans metro, it slowed slightly.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

Open the live radar over this ground

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 happened

The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.

A cold front moved through the area during the evening hours of April 13th. As the front reached the New Orleans metro, it slowed slightly. This slowing along with a fairly wide swath of intense rainfall resulted in street flooding across the city of New Orleans.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Orleans

When
April 13, 11:14 PM CST to April 14, 1:30 AM CST
Where
Orleans County, 1.32 mi ESE of New Orleans to 2.43 mi NW of New Orleans
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
29.944, -90.079

The local emergency manager reported several streets and a few underpasses to be closed due to high water.

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

More

Every storm in Louisiana in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, April 2022

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: 1021946.