1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Locally heavy rain, between 4 and 6 inches, fell across Southeast Webster, Northwest Oktibbeha, and Northeast Choctaw counties. This heavy rain caused several homes to flood in Mathiston along with many roads in town under water.
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 →An upper level disturbance moved through North Mississippi during the early morning hours of June 19, 2007. A large complex of showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the disturbance.
Read the full account →Widespread, slow moving showers and thunderstorms moved across central Mississippi between July 23rd and July 25th. The air mass over the region was extremely moist, which contributed significantly to the high rainfall rates that occurred.
Read the full account →A slow moving weather pattern developed during the first two days of May and supported a couple rounds of thunderstorms both on Saturday and Sunday.
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 →The combination of an area of low pressure coming from the plains and rich gulf moisture produced some isolated severe weather during the afternoon of the 15th in Leflore County.
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 →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, late season, low pressure system brought numerous thunderstorms to the Deep South starting late in the evening of May 25th, continuing into the early morning hours of May 26th.
Read the full account →A shortwave moved into the Lower Mississippi Valley triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms across Arkansas during the morning hours of April 13, 2022. Storms eventually organized into a line that swept across the Mid-South.
Read the full account →Northwest flow aloft regime continued to be in place on June 9th with an upper level ridge center west of the local forecast area. This pattern carried developing storms from NW to SE across the area late in the afternoon.
Read the full account →Abundant low level moisture and hot afternoon temperatures allowed plenty of instability to develop during the afternoon and evening hours of June 7th, 2011.
Read the full account →Rainfall of between 5 and 9 inches fell between November 26 and November 29. This produced widespread flooding across North Mississippi. Numerous roads were closed. Many homes and businesses were flooded forcing some evacuations. Some schools were also forced to close.
Read the full account →Locally heavy rains affected portions of central Mississippi during the day as a low pressure system tracked across southern Mississippi. Saturated soil conditions were already in place across this region from heavier rains a few days before.
Read the full account →Locally heavy rains affected portions of central Mississippi during the day as a low pressure system tracked across southern Mississippi. Saturated soil conditions were already in place across this region from heavier rains a few days before.
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 →Widespread, slow moving showers and thunderstorms moved across central Mississippi between July 23rd and July 25th. The air mass over the region was extremely moist, which contributed significantly to the high rainfall rates that occurred.
Read the full account →The remnants, of what was briefly hurricane Humberto, moved slowly east northeast across portions of Central and Northeast Mississippi. Across Southwest Mississippi, a couple of storms became severe and produced a little wind damage.
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.
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