Jun 8, 2021
An upper low parked over the Mid-South resulted in widespread showers and thunderstorms across North Mississippi during the early morning hours of June 8, 2021. Some locations received up to 4 inches of rain before sunrise which set the stage for flash flooding later that morning into the afternoon as a mesoscale convective vortex pushed into the Mid-South. This feature resulted in several areas of showers and thunderstorms moving across North Mississippi during the day with numerous reports of
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 970179). 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.