Louisiana, 2024

Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 28, 2024

June 28, 2024 · NWS LIX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A frontal boundary had stalled across south Louisiana. Scattered thunderstorms developed along this front but a weak steering pattern resulted in slow moving storms.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
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 LIX wrote it up.

A frontal boundary had stalled across south Louisiana. Scattered thunderstorms developed along this front but a weak steering pattern resulted in slow moving storms. One of these storms produced heavy rain over St Bernard parish which resulted in flash flooding.

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, St. Bernard

When
June 28, 3:15 AM CST to 4:15 AM CST
Where
St. Bernard County, Docville to 0.76 mi NW of Docville
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
29.900, -89.900

Reports from broadcast media and storm spotter of street flooding across the city of Violet with multiple cars stalled. One social media video shows water covering roadways and water approaching car doors. Time estimated from radar and from reports.

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: 1193104.