A slowing cold front interacted with deep tropical moisture on December 10th across southeast Louisiana and caused prolonged periods of heavy rainfall mainly across the city of Slidell. Significant street flooding occurred with this and cars became stranded in the typical problem spots across Slidell.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
A slowing cold front interacted with deep tropical moisture on December 10th across southeast Louisiana and caused prolonged periods of heavy rainfall mainly across the city of Slidell. Significant street flooding occurred with this and cars became stranded in the typical problem spots across Slidell.
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 Dec 10, 2:32 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Hammond radar (KHDC), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
10 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Significant street flooding reported in the vicinity of Slidell High School.
Significant street flooding reported along Gause Blvd near Office Depot.
At least six cars stalled in high water on Independence Dr.
Audubon impassable due to high water near Robert.
North Blvd is impassable due to high water.
Over 8 inches of standing water in the 200 block of Country Club Blvd.
Significant street flooding along many streets in the chess neighborhood and around Whispering Pines Elementary School.
Six to eight inches of standing water on Slidell Ave in the Morgans subdivision.
Almost a foot of standing water on Central Ave in Pearl River.
Significant street flooding reported at the intersection of Grafton and Candlewood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Louisiana in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, December 2024
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: 1228571, 1228572, 1228573, 1228575, 1228576, 1228577, 1228578, 1228579, 1228580, 1228581.