Louisiana, 2025

Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025 · NWS JAN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th and again during the day on June 17th. Some storm clusters became severe and produced damaging winds as they moved northeast across the area.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$11,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 JAN wrote it up.

Numerous thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 16th and again during the day on June 17th. Some storm clusters became severe and produced damaging winds as they moved northeast across the area. Additionally, locally heavy rainfall produced some flash flooding.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 5:17 PM CST, 13 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:17 PM CST, 13 hours 55 minutes before
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The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:12 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Morehouse

When
June 17, 7:12 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
Where
Morehouse County, 0.9 mi NE of Pt Pleasant to 0.87 mi SW of Newblock
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
32.780, -91.940

Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding across the west side of Bastrop. A car was trapped on Garden road. Henry Street had flooding and along South Washington, the road was flooded at the train overpass.

Flash Flood, Morehouse

When
June 17, 7:12 AM CST to 7:50 AM CST
Where
Morehouse County, 0.69 mi N of Collinston to 0.76 mi NNE of Collinston
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
32.690, -91.870

Several streets were flooded in Collinston.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1272387, 1272388.