Flash Flood — Franklin, Louisiana
September 2, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Persistent heavy rains fell from the bands around weakening Hurricane Gustav. These slow moving bands produced tremendous rainfall amounts across nearly all of Franklin Parish. Rainfall totals ranged between 10 and 20 inches. The heaviest of rains fell during the evening of the 2nd and early morning hours of the 3rd. During this rainfall event some of the highest measured amounts fell in Franklin Parish. Jigger measured 20 inches of rain and Winnsboro measured 17.54 inches.||This extreme rainfall flooded numerous roads across the parish and many of these were closed for several days. Many other roads were washed out along with some bridges damaged or destroyed. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded. Flood damage was significant in most cases.||Agriculture was very hard hit across the
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.