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Flash Flood — Clay, MS

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 823341). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Clay, MS

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