Jul 15, 2020
Showers and thunderstorms initiated along the sea breeze front over the Florida Panhandle on the morning of July 15th, and this activity spread northwestward into the Pine Belt of southeast Mississippi by the afternoon. Heavy rainfall with these storms caused isolated flash flooding, and a few microbursts produced damaging wind gusts.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 911675). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lamar County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.