Jul 1, 2020
Slow-moving thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across West Tennessee, near the Tennessee River, and Northeast Mississippi during the early morning hours on July 1, 2020. Some locations picked up more than 6 inches of rain. Meanwhile, a mesoscale convective system that developed over Southeast Nebraska and Northwest Missouri earlier in the day raced southeast and moved through the Mid-South during the afternoon and early evening hours with more heavy rain and isolated wind damage.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 909498). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Pontotoc County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.