Heal, E.N. and Breaker, B.K., 2017, Flood Inundation Extent and Depth in Selected Areas of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi in March 2016 (ver.1.1, September 2017): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43R6C.
Summary
Heavy rainfall occurred across Louisiana during March 8-19, 2016, as a result of a massive, slow-moving southward dip in the jet stream, which moved eastward across Mexico, then neared the Gulf Coast, funneling deep tropical moisture into parts of the Gulf States and the Mississippi River Valley. The storm caused major flooding in north-central and southeastern Louisiana. Digital flood-inundation maps for a 40-mile reach within the communities of Kentwood to East Ponchatoula near the Tangipahoa River in Tangipahoa Parish, LA was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support response and recovery operations following a March 8-19, 2016 flood event. The inundation [...]
Summary
Heavy rainfall occurred across Louisiana during March 8-19, 2016, as a result of a massive, slow-moving southward dip in the jet stream, which moved eastward across Mexico, then neared the Gulf Coast, funneling deep tropical moisture into parts of the Gulf States and the Mississippi River Valley. The storm caused major flooding in north-central and southeastern Louisiana. Digital flood-inundation maps for a 40-mile reach within the communities of Kentwood to East Ponchatoula near the Tangipahoa River in Tangipahoa Parish, LA was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support response and recovery operations following a March 8-19, 2016 flood event. The inundation maps depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to 50 high-water marks (HWM) identified and surveyed by the USGS following the flood event.
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Breaker, B.K., Watson, K.M., Ensminger, P.A., Storm, J.B., and Rose, C.E., 2016,Characterization of peak streamflows and flood inundation of selected areas in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi from flood of March 2016: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5162, 33 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20165162.
This boundary polygon dataset was created to support the development of flood inundation maps for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) response and recovery operations following a March 8-19, 2016 flood event in the communities of Kentwood to East Ponchatoula, LA near the Tangipahoa River.
