Thunderstorms initiated across southeast Louisiana during the afternoon once the area reached the convective temperature. Due to multiple rounds of rainfall from these storms, New Orleans experienced flash flooding during the evening before the activity waned off shortly after sunset.
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The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms initiated across southeast Louisiana during the afternoon once the area reached the convective temperature. Due to multiple rounds of rainfall from these storms, New Orleans experienced flash flooding during the evening before the activity waned off shortly after sunset.
The Hammond radar (KHDC), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Street flooding reported at the intersection of Washington Ave. and S. Broad St. in New Orleans.
Photo of street flooding on Westbank Expressway at Stumpf Boulevard in Gretna.
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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: 1205867, 1205870.