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Flash Flood — Lincoln, MS

May 16, 2010

Property Damage
$25K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

A strong upper disturbance, combined with an unstable and moist air mass, and produced scattered severe storms across portions of central Mississippi on the 15th and 16th. These storms produced scattered reports of thunderstorm wind damage as well as some isolated occurrences of flash flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 231508). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Lincoln, MS

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

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