You had rain like it was from a slow-moving tropical depression. It dropped 24+ inches of rain in some places. That is more rain than what Bakersfield, California, has seen in 5+ years, or Omaha, Nebraska in one year.
Radar of #LouisianaFlood from Thu am when heavy rain started evolving inland to Sat pm when it finally diminished pic.twitter.com/Cat919VqEL
— Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) August 15, 2016
As a result, a half dozen river gauges set new record highs in southeast Louisiana. And not just by a little bit. Some exceeded their previous record by several feet.
This is what we get:
16 dead.