Louisiana, 2024Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Slow moving storms caused heavy rain and flash flooding in portions of northeast Louisiana.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
Slow moving storms caused heavy rain and flash flooding in portions of northeast Louisiana.
What forecasters said that day
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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 8:23 PM CST, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 8:23 PM CST, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 5:08 PM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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- When
- May 22, 8:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morehouse County, 1.08 mi SSE of Oak Ridge to 0.3 mi ESE of Gum Ridge
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 32.615, -91.765
A total of 5 to 6 inches fell near Oak Ridge in a short period of time, and several road and yards were flooded.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 22 to 23, 2024$340,000 · EF2 · 62 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 22, 20241 death · $51,000 · 1.25 in hail · 18 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 22, 2024$487,000 · 52 kt wind · 18 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 2024$90,000 · EF1 · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 22, 2024$70,000 · 1 in hail · 23 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Arkansas, May 22, 2024$72,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 22, 2024$60,000 · 78 kt wind · 15 events
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, May 22, 2024$65,000 · 8 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Louisiana, May 22, 2024$10,000 · EF1 · 19 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 22, 2024$46,000 · 52 kt wind · 8 events
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, May 22, 2024$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, May 22, 2024$21,000 · 51 kt wind · 17 events
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1198865.