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Flash Flood — Tate, MS

Mar 15, 2025

An upper low over the Central Plains moved into the Upper Mississippi Valley during the evening hours of Friday, March 14, 2025. Increasing moisture advection ahead of an approaching cold front lifted dewpoints into the low to mid 60s. This coupled with increasing height falls and a mid-level 80 knot jet rotating around the main upper low supported severe thunderstorm development. Large looping hodographs, MLCAPE values over 2000 J/kg, 60 knots of bulk shear, and 0-1 km SRH values between 250 an

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1249961). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Tate, MS

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