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Flash Flood — Covington, MS

Feb 20, 2014

During the afternoon of the 20th and into the early morning hours of the 21st, a large part of the central United States experienced severe weather. Across central Mississippi, severe weather was more sporadic, but portions of the area did see the brunt of the strongest activity.||Portions of the area experienced a combination of damaging winds, hail, a few tornadoes and flash flooding. Damaging winds were more common along the US Highway 82 corridor as the line of storms pushed east. Three weak

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 493118). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Covington, MS

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

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