Apr 3, 2025
A significant multi-hazard, multi-day event occurred across the Mid-South from April 2, 2025, to April 8, 2025, producing 35 tornadoes, record flooding, and numerous reports of damaging winds and large hail. A large upper-level trough covered the Western U.S. in early April. A significant piece of energy rotated around the base of the trough and ejected into the Southern Plains and the Middle-Upper Mississippi Valley on April 2nd. A 500 mb jet maximum of 120 knots and a 300 mb jet maximum of 14
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1255348). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in De Soto County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.