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Flash Flood — Hinds, MS

Oct 30, 2019

A warm front moved north across the region early on the 30th. Rain associated with this brought flooding to portions of the area. Another round of rain occurred during the evening, which again brought flash flooding to portions of the area. Rainfall was heaviest from the Jackson metro area north toward Attala County. Here, three to four inches of rain fell, with some isolated spots of 5 to 6 inches of rain. This came on top of already saturated ground. For the month, record rainfall occurred acr

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 865277). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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