Apr 13, 2019
During the late afternoon of April 13 and into the evening and overnight, a strong spring storm system pushed across the Lower Mississippi Valley region and brought widespread severe weather, a regional tornado outbreak, and flash flooding. This event started over eastern Texas and steadily pushed eastward into the evening and overnight. Storms associated with this system started as a few line clusters then evolved into a full blown linear complex. Within this line, smaller bowing segments forme
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 820788). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ashley County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.