Louisiana, 2025

Flash Flood and Hail in Louisiana, July 3 to 6, 2025

July 3 to 6, 2025 · NWS LCH · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

A weakness aloft moved across the region during early July. A couple isolated severe storms resulted.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 LCH wrote it up.

A weakness aloft moved across the region during early July. A couple isolated severe storms resulted.

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Rapides

When
July 3, 5:38 PM CST
Where
Rapides County, 3.01 mi SSE of Valde Rouge
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
State Official
Coordinates
31.080, -92.480

Utility lines were downed on Martin Springs Road. A tree was also downed onto power lines on Cappel Road.

Hail, Lafayette

When
July 6, 3:02 PM CST
Where
Lafayette County, 0.91 mi NE of Scott
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
30.240, -92.090

Golf ball to quarter size hail was reported west of Lafayette.

Flash Flood, Lafayette

When
July 6, 3:03 PM CST to 4:03 PM CST
Where
Lafayette County, 2.26 mi SE of Scott to 2.15 mi SW of Lafayette
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Broadcast Media
Coordinates
30.210, -92.070

Heavy rain caused minor street flooding around Lafayette.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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: 1283114, 1283112, 1283111.