1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 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 broad upper trough extended from the Great Lakes to northeast Texas. An upper-level disturbance moving through the Mid-South ignited convection across the Memphis metropolitan area during the late morning hours on July 25, 2024.
Read the full account →A cold front approached the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of July 30th, 2009. A low pressure center developed along the front as the front moved into the area. The low pressure helped to spawn several tornadoes across the Mid-South.
Read the full account →Widespread rains of 3 to 5 inches occurred across the region during the morning hours. Considerable runoff occurred due to saturated soil from heavy rain during the previous two days resulted in widespread flooding of streets and secondary roadways.
Read the full account →A cold front approached the Midsouth during the afternoon hours of May 2nd, 2008, Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed ahead and along the front. Storms quickly became severe and produced large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding and a few tornadoes.
Read the full account →Another round of severe weather occurred on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as anomalously warm and moist conditions continued over the ArkLaMiss region. This, combined with another upper level disturbance, brought additional flooding and damaging winds.
Read the full account →Another round of severe weather occurred on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as anomalously warm and moist conditions continued over the ArkLaMiss region. This, combined with another upper level disturbance, brought additional flooding and damaging winds.
Read the full account →Another round of severe weather occurred on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as anomalously warm and moist conditions continued over the ArkLaMiss region. This, combined with another upper level disturbance, brought additional flooding and damaging winds.
Read the full account →Another round of severe weather occurred on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as anomalously warm and moist conditions continued over the ArkLaMiss region. This, combined with another upper level disturbance, brought additional flooding and damaging winds.
Read the full account →Rare early morning storms moved across the Mississippi Delta region and produced locally heavy rainfall. Some flooding occurring during the morning from Lake Washington to Anguilla as storms moved slowly across the area.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system and evolving surface low moved across the region late on March 3rd. These features combined to bring a potent weather system to the area and a healthy round of severe thunderstorms from late afternoon through around midnight.
Read the full account →During the afternoon and evening of the 5th, as well as the morning and afternoon of the 6th, an outbreak of severe storms and a few tornadoes occurred across the ArkLaMiss region. There were a number of reports of hail, wind damage, and a few tornadoes across the region.
Read the full account →A few clusters of slow moving thunderstorms evolved across central Mississippi during the morning hours of May 28th. Some localized areas from Yazoo County, across Madison County into Extreme northern Rankin County saw 4 to 6 inches of rain.
Read the full account →The wet weather pattern continued and more rainfall fell across already soaked portions of the forecast area. As the upper level disturbance continued to impact the region, locally heavy rains occurred across portions of Sunflower and Kemper Counties.
Read the full account →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.
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 stalled frontal boundary draped across the local area began to surge northward as cyclogenesis began along the southwest LA coastline. Ample moisture being lifted by this warm front resulted in numerous shower and thunderstorm development.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed over southeast Louisiana and moved east along a warm front which stretched across southeast Mississippi. This eventually caused a strong cold front to sweep through the region with numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure developed over southeast Louisiana and moved east along a warm front which stretched across southeast Mississippi. This eventually caused a strong cold front to sweep through the region with numerous showers and thunderstorms.
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 →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.
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