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Tropical Storm — Claiborne, MS

Oct 9, 2020

Hurricane Delta made landfall along the southwest Louisiana Gulf Coast around 5:00 p.m. CDT on October 9th and moved to the northeast across southwest and central Mississippi. Heavy rainfall saturated and loosened soils, allowing for many trees to be blown down even as the hurricane weakened into a tropical storm and then tropical depression. Some of the trees fell onto and damaged homes and power lines in the region. Strong winds continued into the morning of October 10th, and isolated damaging

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 924144). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Claiborne, MS

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