FloodZoneMap.org

Mississippi Flood Stories

1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$10K damage

Washington, MS · Mar 31, 2016

Widespread severe weather and some flash flooding occurred over the ArkLaMiss region from the evening of March 30th through the evening of March 31st. On March 30th an upper level storm system moved into the region from the Southern Plains.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Claiborne, MS · Mar 11, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Covington, MS · Mar 11, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Washington, MS · Mar 9, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Washington, MS · Mar 30, 2016

Widespread severe weather and some flash flooding occurred over the ArkLaMiss region from the evening of March 30th through the evening of March 31st. On March 30th an upper level storm system moved into the region from the Southern Plains.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Marion, MS · Mar 10, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Lamar, MS · Mar 11, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Hinds, MS · Mar 10, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Neshoba, MS · Mar 11, 2016

As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.

Read the full account →
Hurricane (Typhoon)$1.0M damage

Holmes, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

Read the full account →
Hurricane (Typhoon)$1.0M damage

Leflore, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

Read the full account →
Hurricane (Typhoon)$1.0M damage

Clay, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

Read the full account →
Hurricane (Typhoon)$1.0M damage

Webster, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

Read the full account →
Hurricane (Typhoon)$1.0M damage

Carroll, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina will likely go down as the worst and costliest natural disaster in United States history. The amount of destruction, the cost of damaged property/agriculture and the large loss of life across the affected region has been overwhelming.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Pearl River, MS · Jul 5, 2005

Hurricane Cindy developed from a tropical depression that formed over the extreme western Caribbean Sea on July 3. This depression moved northwest over the Yucatan Peninsula and emerged over the south central Gulf of Mexico on July 4.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$1.0M damage

Lincoln, MS · Sep 1, 2008

Hurricane Gustav was the 2nd major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It took shape as a tropical depression on the morning of August 25th just southeast of Haiti, and rapidly strengthened to hurricane status by the morning of August 26th.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$200K damage

Newton, MS · Mar 22, 2012

A slow moving storm system combined with abundant moisture to bring nearly 48 hours of rain and thunderstorms to the ArkLaMiss region, beginning on the evening of March 20th and continuing through the afternoon hours of March 22nd.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Montgomery, MS · Sep 6, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall during the evening of September 4th near the Alabama and Mississippi coast border. It continued to track to the northwest inland across much of central Mississippi on the 5th.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$200K damage

Rankin, MS · Aug 29, 2012

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$200K damage

Simpson, MS · Aug 29, 2012

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$200K damage

Claiborne, MS · Aug 29, 2012

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$200K damage

Lawrence, MS · Aug 29, 2012

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac.

Read the full account →
Tropical Storm$200K damage

Forrest, MS · Aug 29, 2012

Tropical Depression Nine formed in the Atlantic, east of the Lesser Antilles, on the morning of August 21, 2012. Twelve hours later, Tropical Depression Nine had strengthened into Tropical Storm Isaac.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$15K damage

Lincoln, MS · Jul 24, 2017

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 →
← PreviousPage 31 of 76Next →

View Mississippi flood zone data →