1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, a severe weather outbreak occurred with many tornadoes impacting portions of Louisiana and Mississippi.
Read the full account →Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
Read the full account →Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
Read the full account →Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
Read the full account →Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
Read the full account →Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
Read the full account →Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30.
Read the full account →A cold season quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) moved across the Mid-South during the overnight and early morning hours Saturday, January 11, 2020. Strong southerly winds drew unseasonably warm, moist air northward into the region ahead of a cold front.
Read the full account →After making landfall along the southeast Louisiana Gulf Coast around 4:00 p.m. CDT on October 28th, Hurricane Zeta continued to quickly move northeast and weaken as it moved inland.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A volatile atmosphere was in place for the second time in two weeks, with potential for significant severe weather across portions of the Southeast United States.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms occurred in a warm and very moist air mass. Very heavy rainfall resulted in a significant localized flooding event, with some locations receiving over 6 inches of rain in a short period of time.
Read the full account →A classic heavy rain pattern set up over the Mid-South during the period of March 9th, 2016 to March 13th, 2016. A cold front stretched from Nebraska to Texas on the morning of March 8th.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system brought multiple rounds of widespread showers and thunderstorms to the area. The system tapped into deep tropical moisture resulting in very intense rainfall across a large portion of the area.
Read the full account →A large storm system impacted the region during the late afternoon and evening of January 2nd into the morning hours of the 3rd. A low pressure system moved through the region and brought bouts of of thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A warm front was situated across southern Mississippi during the evening of January 13th. This, combined with a passing disturbance and anomalous moisture, supported numerous thunderstorms and heavy rainfall that produced widespread rainfall between 2 and 6 inches with the…
Read the full account →Anomalous moisture was in place across the ArkLaMiss region as a stationary front was draped across the area. To the north of this front, severe storms brought hail while flash flooding occurred to the south as well as a tornado.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A deep upper level low moved into the lower Mississippi Valley and pushed a cold front into the southeast states. The front temporarily stalled over portions of southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama during the afternoon and evening of April 14th.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted northward off the Gulf Coast, causing rapid moisture transport to the Mid-South. In addition, an upper-level trough and associated cold front approached the area.
Read the full account →A stubborn upper low remained stalled across the area on June 10, 2021. This feature continued to interact with a very moist air mass across the region to produce very heavy rainfall amounts across mainly North Mississippi.
Read the full account →To put the entire event into perspective, areas just to the N of Interstate 20 and extending W to E across the entire state, experienced a 125 year rainfall event. Rainfall totals ranged from 7 to 12 inches which all fell in about 18 hours.
Read the full account →To put the entire event into perspective, areas just to the N of Interstate 20 and extending W to E across the entire state, experienced a 125 year rainfall event. Rainfall totals ranged from 7 to 12 inches which all fell in about 18 hours.
Read the full account →After a cold front stalled across the ArkLaMiss region the day before, the remnant stationary front served as a focus for the development of widespread showers and thunderstorms on May 11th.
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