Portions of Bogalusa and eastern Washington Parish received an inch or more of rain Sunday afternoon as heavy thunderstorms literally blew through with high winds that stripped some smaller limbs from trees and left water standing in streets.
The one-inch recorded in northeast Bogalusa raised the rainfall total for July to 8.05 inches and was the sixth time during the month that at least one-half inch had been recorded.
While Washington Parish remains in a severe drought, the July rainfall erased 2.38 inches of the deficit, as the historic average for the month is 5.67 inches.
The weather forecast heading into August is for an extreme heat advisory on Monday with a 50 percent chance of thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening. Highs are forecast to be in the mid-90s with the heat index reaching between 103 and 110 degrees. Because of that, the National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat advisory until 7 p.m. Monday.
Temperatures are forecast to be in the low-to-mid 90s through Thursday with rain chances no greater than 30 percent.
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