There is an old joke whether you live in Boutte or Baton Rouge, Breaux Bridge or Bastrop if your driver’s license says “Louisiana” then you live in a low-lying area. And while it’s true that some parts of our state lie lower than others, it’s also true that no matter where you live in Louisiana over the next couple of days heavy rainfall is going to be a concern for you. 

The Weather Prediction Center is the department of the National Weather Service that develops forecasts with a particular focus on precipitation. The WPC is the department that forecasts heavy snow storms, flash flooding, and in the case of Louisiana over the next several days, the threat of an excessive rainfall event.

An Excessive Rainfall Event is defined this way. When precipitation falls at a rate greater than drainage systems can handle, that’s when you have an excessive rainfall event in the Lafayette, Louisiana area that is a rainfall rate of about two inches per hour for an hour or so. Some other municipal systems can handle more rain, some can’t handle that much.

The reason for all the rain is a trough of low pressure that extends southward into the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The counter-clockwise circulation around this weather system is pulling moisture from the Gulf of Mexico over Louisiana. It is also providing lift in the atmosphere which creates instability and that’s when the showers and storms start to form.

Over the next several days mornings will find the greatest concentration of showers and storms along the coast. As the day progresses those showers will begin to move onshore or form over land with the daytime heating. General rainfall rates will be less than one-quarter of an inch but some areas could see torrential downpours in a short period of time, hence the “excessive rain advisory” that has been posted for the state.

Meanwhile, don’t look for conditions or the forecast to change that much over the upcoming work week. Forecasters have listed rain chances well above average all the way through next Friday. Again the greatest threat of rain will be along the coast in the morning and onshore in the afternoon hours.

ERWINVILLE, La. (WAFB) – Louisiana State Police and paramedics responded to an accident involving a 4-wheeler in West Baton Rouge Parish early Sunday evening.

The accident happened around 5 p.m. on Poydras Drive Road in Port Allen, in front of St. Peter’s Baptist Church.

A 22-year-old died from the accident, investigators said.

According to officials, a 15-year-old was transported by ambulance to Our Lady of The Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge.

No other details were immediately available.

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Courtesy of Grambling State Athletic Communications

GRAMBLING, La.  | Grambling State athletics remembers and mourns the passing of former Grambling/HBCU women’s basketball star, Jazmin Boyd. 

Boyd, a member of the Grambling State women’s basketball team from 2015 to 2019, was one of the best women’s basketball players ever to step foot on the historic HBCU campus. Her accomplishments included being named the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Freshman of the Year in 2016. She followed up that stellar season by earning All-SWAC honors once again in 2017. 

In 2018, she helped lead the Lady Tigers win the SWAC Tournament and secure a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in nearly two decades. Boyd also scored over 1,000 points during her collegiate career. 

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our former women’s basketball student-athlete and GSU alumna, Jazmin Boyd,” said Grambling State Vice President for Athletics Dr. Trayvean Scott.  “Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, teammates and all who were touched by her remarkable life.” We ask for everyone to keep the Boyd family in your prayers during this very difficult time.”

“It’s so tragic, we are all in shock,” Scott told KNOE News in Monroe, Louisiana. “We are all feeling it right now.” “Our hearts and minds are with her family… from Grambling all the way to Hattiesburg, Mississippi,” added Scott.

“I got the call last night, and I was very saddened to hear it was her. Jaz was great-spirited, a great competitor, and overall a great person,” expressed her former coach, Freddie Murray.

Boyd’s outstanding performance was highlighted in 2019 when she was honored after the Lady Tigers’ victory over Alcorn State.

Her cause of death has not been officially disclosed but HBCU Sports has reported that sources told them that Boyd passed away in a car accident near Ruston, Louisiana.

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