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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.

Hurricane (Typhoon)$20K damage

Rankin, MS · Sep 24, 2005

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass. The outer bands of Rita affected portions of Southwest Mississippi, all of Northeast Louisiana and a portion of Southern Arkansas early Saturday into…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$20K damage

Simpson, MS · Sep 24, 2005

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass. The outer bands of Rita affected portions of Southwest Mississippi, all of Northeast Louisiana and a portion of Southern Arkansas early Saturday into…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$20K damage

Copiah, MS · Sep 24, 2005

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass. The outer bands of Rita affected portions of Southwest Mississippi, all of Northeast Louisiana and a portion of Southern Arkansas early Saturday into…

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$20K damage

Hinds, MS · Sep 24, 2005

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass. The outer bands of Rita affected portions of Southwest Mississippi, all of Northeast Louisiana and a portion of Southern Arkansas early Saturday into…

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Flash Flood$125K damage

Webster, MS · Apr 30, 2010

A warm front pushed north across the region during the afternoon and evening of April 30th. As this occurred, thunderstorms developed across portions of north-central Mississippi and produced locally heavy rainfall and some severe weather.

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Flash Flood

Rankin, MS · Apr 14, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood

Madison, MS · Apr 14, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood

Yazoo, MS · Apr 14, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood

Madison, MS · Apr 14, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood

Humphreys, MS · Apr 14, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood

Lamar, MS · Aug 30, 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.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, MS · Mar 8, 2011

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.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Leake, MS · Jun 6, 2013

Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of the 5th and again during the afternoon of the 6th as an approaching disturbance interacted with a warm and moist air mass across the region. Several of these storms produced damaging winds, hail, and some flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Lee, MS · Jun 5, 2024

A mesoscale convective vortex moved across the Mid-South during the late afternoon and early evening on June 5, 2024. This feature interacted with a moist and unstable airmass to produce scattered thunderstorms across northeast Mississippi.

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Flash Flood

Itawamba, MS · Jun 5, 2024

A mesoscale convective vortex moved across the Mid-South during the late afternoon and early evening on June 5, 2024. This feature interacted with a moist and unstable airmass to produce scattered thunderstorms across northeast Mississippi.

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Flash Flood

Hinds, MS · Jun 24, 2015

Strong to severe storms developed across the area during the afternoon. This was aided by instability from daytime heating along with various outflow boundaries combined with a moist air mass. The severe storms had produced damage in the form of blown down trees and power lines.

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Flood$100K damage

Harrison, MS · Jul 8, 1996

Heavy rainfall of 5 to 8 inches fell across southern Harrison County during the morning causing widespread flooding of streets. Some streets and roads were closed because of high water, and some cars were stalled in flood water.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Yazoo, MS · May 15, 2008

Multiple rounds of storms evolved over the region starting late on the 14th and lasted through the 15th. This produced several areas of heavy rainfall across the forecast area.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Forrest, MS · May 4, 2009

Early on the 3rd, clusters of severe storms evolved into a line which produced scattered wind damage as it pushed east along and just north of I-20.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Union, MS · Apr 24, 2010

A warm front lifted north across the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of April 23rd, 2010. Behind the warm front, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico made for a very unstable atmosphere.

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Hurricane (Typhoon)$15K damage

Washington, MS · Sep 24, 2005

Hurricane Rita made landfall during the morning of September 24th near the Texas, Louisiana state line at the Sabine Pass. The outer bands of Rita affected portions of Southwest Mississippi, all of Northeast Louisiana and a portion of Southern Arkansas early Saturday into…

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Tropical Storm$15K damage

Benton, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina had weakened to tropical storm strength when it reached north Mississippi. An electrical transformer was blown down an a house in Oxford (Lafayette County).

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Tropical Storm$15K damage

Tunica, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina had weakened to tropical storm strength when it reached north Mississippi. An electrical transformer was blown down an a house in Oxford (Lafayette County).

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Tropical Storm$15K damage

Chickasaw, MS · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina had weakened to tropical storm strength when it reached north Mississippi. An electrical transformer was blown down an a house in Oxford (Lafayette County).

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