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Flash Flood — Clay, MS

May 4, 2021

An outbreak of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 4th. An initial round of supercell thunderstorms that morning brought several brief tornadoes to the area along with a few instances of damaging winds. The main round of storms occurred during the afternoon in the form of an intense line of storms. Widespread wind damage occurred with embedded swaths of significant damaging winds up to 80 mph. This resulted in numerous downed trees, power lines and infrastructure damage. Seven tornadoes also oc

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 959683). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Clay, MS

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