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Flash Flood — Sunflower, MS

Mar 31, 2016

Widespread severe weather and some flash flooding occurred over the ArkLaMiss region from the evening of March 30th through the evening of March 31st. On March 30th an upper level storm system moved into the region from the Southern Plains. It was accompanied by a slow moving cold front extending from a large surface low across the Central Plains into the middle Mississippi Valley.||A warm moisture rich air mass from the Gulf of Mexico moved into the region as a warm front lifted northward on th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 623803). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Sunflower, MS

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

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