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Flash Flood — Madison, MS

Sep 22, 2009

The very wet weather period finally culminated between the 22nd and 23rd of September. The persistent upper level disturbances continue to combine with a very moist airmass to produce widespread rainfall with many areas seeing heavy rains. The saturated nature of the soils did not allow for much rainfall to cause problems with localized flooding. Scattered flash flooding occurred across the forecast area during both of those days.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 193504). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Madison, MS

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

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