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Flash Flood — Wayne, MS

Jun 22, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd. Despite the center of the storm being far removed from the north central Gulf Coast, the effects of Cindy extended several hundred miles to the east of the center and impacted the local area starting late Tuesday and persisting through the end of the week. ||The primary impact acr

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 710015). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Wayne, MS

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

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