Jun 16, 2017
An upper level disturbance and the remnants of a convective complex triggered severe storms as they encountered an unstable airmass across the ArkLaMiss region. A line of storms began over northern Mississippi during the early afternoon of the 16th, with additional storms developing and consolidating into highly organized mesoscale convective vortex as the complex progressed southward. By the early evening hours, a consolidated line of storms accelerated across central and southern Mississippi a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 708514). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Forrest County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.