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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)$10K damage

Issaquena, 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$10K damage

Tate, 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$10K damage

Marshall, 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$10K damage

De Soto, MS · Aug 30, 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$10K damage

Coahoma, 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$10K damage

Itawamba, 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$10K damage

Tishomingo, 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$10K damage

Union, 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$10K damage

Pontotoc, 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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Flash Flood$10K damage

Grenada, MS · Jun 9, 2014

A stationary front combined with a series of potent disturbances caused a round of severe thunderstorms across the region. This widespread event occurred during the day of June 9th with the strongest storms mainly producing thunderstorm wind damage.

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Flash Flood

Warren, MS · Dec 25, 2012

A regional severe weather outbreak unfolded during Christmas Day 2012 as a result of an anomalously strong and southward positioned trough axis over the southern plains and lower Mississippi River valley.

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Flash Flood

Holmes, MS · Nov 29, 2010

During the evening hours of November 29th and the overnight/early morning period of the 30th, the region was impacted by an outbreak of tornadoes. This outbreak brought 13 tornadoes to the forecast area.

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Flash Flood$65K damage

Issaquena, MS · Aug 12, 2008

An abnormal mid August weather pattern brought a large area of rain and thunderstorms to a large portion of the region. This activity brought locally heavy rain and some flash flooding to some areas along with a few isolated severe thunderstorms during the afternoon hours.

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Flash Flood

Covington, 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

Bolivar, MS · Sep 4, 2011

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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Flood

Newton, MS · Apr 8, 2014

An upper level disturbance moved across the area and through the combination of cold temperatures aloft and daytime heating, showers and thunderstorms developed over the region.

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Flash Flood

Jackson, MS · Aug 25, 2022

A weak warm front that developed the previous day stalled and began to sag southward towards the Mississippi Coast. At the same time, a very moisture rich atmosphere was already in place as it had been for several days.

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Flash Flood

Jackson, MS · Aug 25, 2022

A weak warm front that developed the previous day stalled and began to sag southward towards the Mississippi Coast. At the same time, a very moisture rich atmosphere was already in place as it had been for several days.

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Flash Flood

Harrison, MS · Aug 25, 2022

A weak warm front that developed the previous day stalled and began to sag southward towards the Mississippi Coast. At the same time, a very moisture rich atmosphere was already in place as it had been for several days.

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Flash Flood

Harrison, MS · Aug 25, 2022

A weak warm front that developed the previous day stalled and began to sag southward towards the Mississippi Coast. At the same time, a very moisture rich atmosphere was already in place as it had been for several days.

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Flood

Jones, MS · Jun 26, 2024

A weakening band of strong storms resulted in a lull in activity after morning storms across western and northern Mississippi on June 26th. By afternoon, instability increased allowing new strong, damaging thunderstorms to develop mostly across eastern Mississippi moving from…

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lee, MS · Apr 1, 2012

A cold front moved into the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of March 31, 2012. Showers and thunderstorms developed along and out ahead of the front. Some storms became severe producing large hail.

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Flash Flood

Grenada, MS · Feb 27, 2009

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.

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Flash Flood

Lauderdale, MS · Jul 13, 2023

A significant flash flood event unfolded during the early morning hours of July 13th into the late morning and midday. A corridor of 6 to 9 inches fell, with locally higher amounts, roughly from Ackerman to Louisville to DeKalb MS.

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