The historic southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi flood event of May 8-10, 1995

Details

• Personal Author:
  Ricks, Robert J. ; Trotter, Paul S. ; Johnson, G. Alan ; Revitte, Frank J. ; Guiney, John L. ; Pfost, Russell ; Reed, David B.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Weather Service. Southern Region
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; SR (Southern Region)
• Description:
  Labelling the May 1995 flood event in southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi "memorable" and "paralyzing" may be an understatement in regard to the episode witnessed by residents of the region. Beside the very heavy rainfall, severe weather occurred with two confirmed tornadoes (one Fl and one F2 as defined by Fujita's Tornado Scale Fujita 1971) in Louisiana. Indeed, the event was historic, catastrophic, and devastating from both a meteorological and human perspective.
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NWS SR ; 183
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Mississippi
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/38944/noaa_38944_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.63 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Weather Service (NWS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d61ab0ee762c99a08f6a951864322cbd744140ac64c4aa252bd3f9269c37ddb7