1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Ample moisture was in place over the region as the outer bands of Tropical Storm Cindy affect the ArkLaMiss from June 22nd through 23rd. Flash flooding was the main hazard that occurred from the rainbands that moved through the region but some stronger wind gusts were able to…
Read the full account →A typical mid summer weather pattern occurred across the Arklamiss as showers and storms developed during the afternoon. With abundant moisture in place, heavy rain occurred which also cause some localized flash flooding.
Read the full account →A pair of upper air disturbances produced strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of a cold front moving into southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana.
Read the full account →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 →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 →A tropical depression that formed in the central Gulf of Mexico on September 17th strengthened to a minimal tropical storm named Hermine on the morning of the 18th.
Read the full account →A complex weather setup developed as a potent storm system combined with deep moisture and a old outflow boundary to bring multiple rounds of rain and some severe weather.
Read the full account →A stationary front was located across West Tennessee and Arkansas during the afternoon and evening hours of May 16, 2010 while an upper level disturbance moved into the Mid Mississippi Valley.
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 →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 →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 →Tropical Storm Arlene made landfall near the Alabama/Florida state line and tracked northward across western Alabama through the evening of the 11th.
Read the full account →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 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 →A warm front was stretched across the region on April 6th. As a disturbance rode along this stalled front, it brought copious amounts of rain to the region thanks to ample moisture in place.
Read the full account →A warm front was stretched across the region on April 6th. As a disturbance rode along this stalled front, it brought copious amounts of rain to the region thanks to ample moisture in place.
Read the full account →A warm front was stretched across the region on April 6th. As a disturbance rode along this stalled front, it brought copious amounts of rain to the region thanks to ample moisture in place.
Read the full account →A warm front was stretched across the region on April 6th. As a disturbance rode along this stalled front, it brought copious amounts of rain to the region thanks to ample moisture in place.
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 →A potent storm system combined with abundant moisture over the ArkLaMiss region to bring nearly 24 hours of showers and thunderstorms, beginning during the day March 8th and continuing through the early morning hours of March 9th.
Read the full account →A potent storm system brought a prolonged outbreak of severe thunderstorms to the Lower Mississippi Valley region from the afternoon hours of New Years Eve lasting through the morning hours of New Years Day.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression 13 formed on the evening of September 1, 2011 about 225 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The depression moved very slowly, around 2 mph, across northern portions of the Gulf of Mexico.
Read the full account →Tropical Depression 13 formed on the evening of September 1, 2011 about 225 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The depression moved very slowly, around 2 mph, across northern portions of the Gulf of Mexico.
Read the full account →A powerful spring storm system brought a multi-day severe weather outbreak across a large portion of the country during the April 27-30 time frame. This outbreak started across the Central Plains on the 27th and slowly migrated eastward over the following two days.
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