1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
As Hurricane Katrina moved inland a swath of 5 to 8 inches of rain fell along a path where the center moved north-northeast. This heavy rain mainly fell across Southeast, Central and Northeast Mississippi over a 6 to 10 hour period.
Read the full account →Early Sunday morning several bands of thunderstorms developed across Southwest, West-central and Central Mississippi. These bands repeatedly moved over the same locations for a few hours and produced locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A significant heavy rain and flash flooding event occurred on October 16 and into the first part of October 17. The event was set up by an anomalous pool of tropical type moisture (300% of normal) over the western Gulf of Mexico which was then pulled northward by strong low…
Read the full account →A significant heavy rain and flash flooding event occurred on October 16 and into the first part of October 17. The event was set up by an anomalous pool of tropical type moisture (300% of normal) over the western Gulf of Mexico which was then pulled northward by strong low…
Read the full account →The 20th and 21st of February brought a round of locally heavy rainfall to the Interstate 20 corridor during the mid morning, then activity shifted to severe weather by afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →The 20th and 21st of February brought a round of locally heavy rainfall to the Interstate 20 corridor during the mid morning, then activity shifted to severe weather by afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →The 20th and 21st of February brought a round of locally heavy rainfall to the Interstate 20 corridor during the mid morning, then activity shifted to severe weather by afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and evening hours of Easter Sunday, a large and strong upper level low clashed into an air mass where high levels of moisture were being pulled northward.
Read the full account →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 Dennis made landfall during the afternoon of July 10th near Navarre Beach Florida as a category 3 Hurricane. The storm moved north-northwest across Southwest Alabama and then into East-Central Mississippi and finally across Northeast Mississippi during the overnight…
Read the full account →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 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 →Typical summertime shower and thunderstorm activity developed in the hot and humid air mass across the region on July 4th. Storms were mostly progressive, but an area of intense and slower moving storms produced some flash flooding around the Columbia area in southeast…
Read the full account →During the afternoon of January 3rd, a strong upper level low was moving through the central Plains and a cold front began to move into the region.
Read the full account →A stalled front lingered across the ArkLaMiss region, which allowed for several upper level disturbances to move through. This, combined with a rather moist airmass, led to several days of flash flooding across the area. The most significant flash flooding occurred on August 9th.
Read the full account →For the third consecutive day a powerful storm system brought a round of severe thunderstorms containing damaging straight line winds and two tornadoes which occurred Friday afternoon and night. These storms were associated with a strong upper system moving across the region.
Read the full account →A severe weather event containing large hail, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding slowly evolved on February 27 and lasted into the early morning hours of the 28th. All the active weather remained focused across the northern portion of the forecast area.
Read the full account →March 2012 came in like a lion as a large severe weather and tornado outbreak occurred on March 2nd. This outbreak covered a large amount of real estate across the Ohio, Tennessee, and Lower Mississippi River Valleys.
Read the full account →The flood of 2011 had its birth around the end of March when heavy rainfall of 2 to 5 inches fell across Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, and the Ohio River Valley.
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