FloodZoneMap.org

Home› Stories› Mississippi› Flash Flood 2015

Flash Flood — Jones, MS

Dec 24, 2015

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

Another round of severe weather occurred on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as anomalously warm and moist conditions continued over the ArkLaMiss region. This, combined with another upper level disturbance, brought additional flooding and damaging winds. One tornado and many instances of large hail occurred.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 607019). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Jones, MS

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

View Jones County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Hurricane (Typhoon)10 deaths$750.0M damage

Jones, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$30K damage

Jones, MS · Jun 16, 2023

During the afternoon and evening of June 15th, an upper-level disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms along a stationary front boundary around the Texas and Oklahoma border.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$75K damage

Jones, MS · Aug 30, 2021

Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$50K damage

Jones, MS · Oct 28, 2020

After making landfall along the southeast Louisiana Gulf Coast around 4:00 p.m. CDT on October 28th, Hurricane Zeta continued to quickly move northeast and weaken as it moved inland.

Read the full account →