Flash Flood, Allen
- When
- March 7, 9:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County, 4.81 mi E of Kinder to 4.95 mi E of Kinder
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 30.490, -92.770
A culvert washed out near Kinder.
Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 7, 2026
A cold front and upper disturbance moved across the region during the 8th producing pockets of heavy rain. A few reports of flooding were received.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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 cold front and upper disturbance moved across the region during the 8th producing pockets of heavy rain. A few reports of flooding were received.
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 Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 7, 5:28 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Extensive frontal system sags into the region tonight through Sunday bringing with it widespread showers and thunderstorms.
- Slight Risk for severe and flooding weather this afternoon and overnight. Risk decreases SUN with only a Marginal Risk (1 of 4) for flooding rainfall.
- Another round of rain is anticipated mid week with cooler weather for late week
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 5:28 PM CST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 528 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... - Extensive frontal system sags into the region tonight through Sunday bringing with it widespread showers and thunderstorms. - Slight Risk for severe and flooding weather this afternoon and overnight. Risk decreases SUN with only a Marginal Risk (1 of 4) for flooding rainfall. - Another round of rain is anticipated mid week with cooler weather for late week && .SHORT TERM... (Tonight through Monday night) Issued at 1200 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 A cold front is gradually inching toward the region with showers and storms stretched from the Texas Big Bend region to the Great Lakes. A very warm and humid air mass has advected in through the past week which will fuel higher rain chances locally ahead of the boundary. Aloft, A cut off low is near the Baja with Pacific moisture streaming northeast ahead of the disturbance from Mexico across the Mississippi Valley. Diurnal heating has gradually destabilized the local area with showers and a couple storms developing by noon. Convection will continue to increase through the afternoon, however the main event isn't anticipated until the broken line limps down to the east TX lakes closer to sunset. Helicity looks low ruling out much of a tornado threat, however lapse rates through the hail growth zone are good enough to pose a fair risk in any organized storm. The line will continue to slowly push through Acadiana late tonight into early Sunday. Sunday the weak boundary will still be lingering across the region with showers and storms remaining possible. By Monday the boundary will wash out while lifting back north. Showers and storms will remain possible especially across the E TX lakes into Cen LA. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday through next Friday) Issued at 1200 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 Tuesday is anticipated to be dry, however another round of rain will be possible by Wed. The upper low over Baja will finally inch closer with divergence increasing locally. A line of storms may move across the region with a cold front. Severe weather may be possible. A cooler and drier air mass will filter in for the second half of the week with temps returning to around climo norms. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 524 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 A frontal boundary will slowly move into the forecast area tonight and stall around the I-10 corridor by 08/12z. Periods of showers and a few thunderstorms will occur as the front moves south with terminals experiencing MVFR to IFR conditions through the night. By 08/18z, MVFR conditions are expected to prevail at all terminals with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing. 07/Rua && .MARINE... Issued at 1200 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 Onshore winds will prevail ahead of an approaching frontal system into the evening. Scattered showers and thunderstorms with large hail, frequent cloud to water lightning and heavy downpours may develop over nearshore waters in the late afternoon through tonight. The boundary will send widespread showers and storms across the north Gulf from late Saturday through Sunday. Heavy downpours and embedded storms with lightning and gusty winds will be the primary concern overnight into Sunday. The next weather system moves into Texas early in the week and a prolonged period of building winds and seas is expected Monday thru the midweek. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 1200 PM CST Sat Mar 7 2026 Scattered thunderstorms with heavy downpours and frequent lightning are possible this afternoon before the main front moves into cenLA in the evening. More widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms are anticipated to overspread the region with 1 to 3 inches of rain expected with this system. There will likely be corridors of higher totals. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AEX 64 77 63 81 / 80 70 10 50 LCH 66 78 66 79 / 70 70 0 30 LFT 68 79 67 81 / 60 80 0 30 BPT 66 80 66 81 / 70 70 0 30 && .LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...None. TX...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...05 LONG TERM....05 AVIATION...07
The radar
The Lake Charles radar (KLCH), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:30 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Evangeline
- When
- March 7, 10:15 PM CST to 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Evangeline County, 1.75 mi NNW of Ville Platte to 1.17 mi NE of Ville Platte
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.701, -92.286
Street flooding occurred in Ville Platte.
Flash Flood, St. Landry
- When
- March 7, 10:30 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Landry County, 0.33 mi SSW of Opelousas Arpt to 1.71 mi NE of Opelousas
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- AWSS
- Coordinates
- 30.546, -92.103
Several roads were flooded and impassable in Opelousas.
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.
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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: 1324681, 1324679, 1324682.