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Flash Flood — Alcorn, MS

May 10, 2023

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

Slow-moving bands of showers and thunderstorms associated with an upper low located over the Lower Mississippi Valley intensified during the afternoon hours on May 10, 2023, when instability peaked. Locally heavy rainfall resulted in isolated flash flooding over extreme northeast Mississippi.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1103112). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Alcorn, MS

This event is one of many recorded floods in Alcorn County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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