Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$700.0M
Area
Lafayette
Event narrative (NOAA)
Stream gages along the Vermilion River in Lafayette Parish crested during the 15th at the end of the flash flood event. Major flooding along the Vermilion continued through the 24th-25th and kept some neighborhoods flooded for a couple of weeks. At the Surrey Street Gage 10 feet is flood stage and the Vermilion crested at 17.6 feet which is the 2nd highest recorded crest.
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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.