1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
For the third consecutive day a powerful storm system brought a round of severe thunderstorms containing damaging straight line winds and two tornadoes which occurred Friday afternoon and night. These storms were associated with a strong upper system moving across the region.
Read the full account →For the third consecutive day a powerful storm system brought a round of severe thunderstorms containing damaging straight line winds and two tornadoes which occurred Friday afternoon and night. These storms were associated with a strong upper system moving across the region.
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 →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.
Read the full account →A weak upper level disturbance moved through Northern Mississippi during the late afternoon and evening hours on September 6, 2012. The disturbance combined with a moist and unstable airmass to trigger isolated thunderstorms over Northern Mississippi.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy moved across Stone and Greene counties on Wednesday morning July 6. Most of the damage across southeast Mississippi was from fallen trees and from heavy rains that caused street flooding.
Read the full account →A stationary front was located across southern portions of the Midsouth during the overnight hours of May 5th continuing into May 6, 2009. Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed along the front.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted northward off the Gulf Coast, causing rapid moisture transport to the Mid-South. In addition, an upper-level trough and associated cold front approached the area.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted northward off the Gulf Coast, causing rapid moisture transport to the Mid-South. In addition, an upper-level trough and associated cold front approached the area.
Read the full account →Hurricane Francine impacted much of the south central gulf coast states, making landfall in Louisiana. Tropical storm force winds and gusts extended eastward into Mississippi and Alabama, resulting in some minor damage across the area.
Read the full account →As Hurricane Ike slammed southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana, a few outer bands reached the Jackson, MS service area. These bands brought some locally heavy rainfall which caused some flash flooding across a few areas that received very heavy rain earlier in the…
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 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 →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 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 →Moisture advecting northward ahead of a surface low over the Lower Mississippi Valley fed showers and thunderstorms across northern Mississippi. These slow-moving thunderstorms moved across an area already saturated from previous rains.
Read the full account →Moisture advecting northward ahead of a surface low over the Lower Mississippi Valley fed showers and thunderstorms across northern Mississippi. These slow-moving thunderstorms moved across an area already saturated from previous rains.
Read the full account →Moisture advecting northward ahead of a surface low over the Lower Mississippi Valley fed showers and thunderstorms across northern Mississippi. These slow-moving thunderstorms moved across an area already saturated from previous rains.
Read the full account →A couple of upper level disturbances that passed over the region on the 15th and 16th interacted with a very warm and humid air mass allowing several severe thunderstorms to develop each afternoon.
Read the full account →A cold season quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) moved across the Mid-South during the overnight and early morning hours Saturday, January 11, 2020. Strong southerly winds drew unseasonably warm, moist air northward into the region ahead of a cold front.
Read the full account →A large storm system impacted the region during the late afternoon and evening of January 2nd into the morning hours of the 3rd. A low pressure system moved through the region and brought bouts of of thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Anomalous moisture was in place across the ArkLaMiss region as a stationary front was draped across the area. To the north of this front, severe storms brought hail while flash flooding occurred to the south as well as a tornado.
Read the full account →A large storm system impacted the region during the late afternoon and evening of January 2nd into the morning hours of the 3rd. A low pressure system moved through the region and brought bouts of of thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →A large storm system impacted the region during the late afternoon and evening of January 2nd into the morning hours of the 3rd. A low pressure system moved through the region and brought bouts of of thunderstorms and very heavy rainfall.
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