Significant Weather Events

DECEMBER 8 2009 FLASH FLOODING

Local Storm Reports

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
115 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 SSE NEW IBERIA        29.92N 91.78W
12/08/2009                   IBERIA             LA   PUBLIC

            NEIGHBORHOOD IN PATOUTVILLE HAS 3 FEET OF WATER STANDING
            IN MOST YARDS WITH WATER COMING IN AT-LEAST 1 HOME. KLCH
            RADAR ESTIMATES 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD
            ENDING AT 3 AM.

0331 AM     FLASH FLOOD      NEW IBERIA              30.01N 91.82W
12/08/2009                   IBERIA             LA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            IBERIA SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS WITH
            STANDING WATER ON THEM AND ARE NOW IMPASSABLE.

0400 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 WNW NEW IBERIA        30.03N 91.88W
12/08/2009 M6.57 INCH       IBERIA             LA   ASOS

            HEAVY RAINS AROUND NEW IBERIA IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES
            CAUSED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF IBERIA PARISH.

0400 AM     HEAVY RAIN       JEANERETTE              29.92N 91.68W
12/08/2009 M6.34 INCH       IBERIA             LA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES PRODUCED FLASH
            FLOODING. SOME HOMES ALSO HAD WATER REPORTED IN THEM.

0430 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CENTERVILLE             29.76N 91.43W
12/08/2009 M8.48 INCH       ST. MARY           LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT RELAYED THROUGH KATC.

0500 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BALDWIN                 29.83N 91.55W
12/08/2009                   ST. MARY           LA   NEWSPAPER

            LAFAYETTE DAILY ADVERTISER REPORTED 25 HOMES FLOODED IN
            THE BALDWIN AREA.

0500 AM     FLASH FLOOD      NEW IBERIA              30.01N 91.82W
12/08/2009                   IBERIA             LA   NEWSPAPER

            LAFAYETTE DAILY ADVERTISER REPORTED 15 HOMES FLOODED IN
            NEW IBERIA...LOREAUVILLE...AND PATOUTVILLE. 2 BUSINESSES
            WERE FLOODED ON HIGHWAY 90. DAILY IBERIAN REPORTED MAJOR
            FLOODING IN THE WEST END SECTION OF NEW IBERIA WITH
            SEVERAL STALLED CARS. SEVERAL STREETS WERE FLOODED IN NEW
            IBERIA INCLUDING ANDERSON STREET...SHOT
            STREET...SOUTHPORT BOULEVARD...AND JEFFERSON TERRACE. A
            FEW HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE PERFORMED BY AREA OFFICIALS.

1130 AM     FLOOD            5 NNE AVERY ISLAND      29.98N 91.88W
12/08/2009                   IBERIA             LA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            PHOTOS FROM KLFY-TV SHOWED WIDESPREAD FLOODING SOUTH OF
            HIGHWAY 14 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HAZARD ROAD AND
            ARMENCO ROAD.

0138 PM     FLOOD            NEW IBERIA              30.01N 91.82W
12/08/2009                   IBERIA             LA   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT ROADS REMAIN FLOODED AROUND
            NEW IBERIA.

12/08/09 Rainfall Map

New Iberia Flooding

photos courtesy of KATC-TV & KLFY-TV

Baldwin Flooding

photos courtesy of KLFY-TV