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Flash Flood — Itawamba, MS

Jun 1, 2024

A weak surface low was situated near St. Louis, Missouri with a quasi-stationary front extending southeast into West Tennessee and northern Alabama. Aloft, a broad shortwave trough was present over the Lower Mississippi Valley. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across the region as surface heating intensified on June 1, 2024. Slow-moving scattered convection continued into the evening hours across northeast Mississippi. Heavy rainfall fell over Itawamba County resulting i

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1192203). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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