1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along and south of I-40 due to diurnal heating during the late afternoon on July 4, 2023. Weak wind shear combined with deep moisture produced slow-moving, highly efficient rainfall-producing thunderstorms.
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 →The very wet weather period finally culminated between the 22nd and 23rd of September. The persistent upper level disturbances continue to combine with a very moist airmass to produce widespread rainfall with many areas seeing heavy rains.
Read the full account →A strong upper disturbance, combined with an unstable and moist air mass, and produced scattered severe storms across portions of central Mississippi on the 15th and 16th.
Read the full account →Diurnal storms developed each afternoon during the period as a result of a warm and moist air mass in place across the ArkLaMiss. The storms produced thunderstorm wind damage and hail, typical for this time of year in Mississippi.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →A stalled front just to the northwest of the area combined with several upper level disturbances moving across created several rounds of heavy rain.
Read the full account →Hurricane Barry initially developed from a disturbance that moved from Georgia southwest to the northeast Gulf of Mexico on July 8-9, 2019. The weak low pressure system continued to move west-southwest and strengthen, and was eventually classified as Tropical Storm Barry on the…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance crossed the region as it intercepted rich gulf moisture from the south. The combination of these two features produced locally heavy rains and some flash flooding across central Lauderdale County during the day.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall on the Texas coast south of Houston early Tuesday morning on September 14th. As the storm weakened into a remnant low, it slowly meandered across Texas, reaching central Louisiana on the 17th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Nicholas made landfall on the Texas coast south of Houston early Tuesday morning on September 14th. As the storm weakened into a remnant low, it slowly meandered across Texas, reaching central Louisiana on the 17th.
Read the full account →A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms. This event was one of those days where very steep lapse rates and high shear values supported several severe thunderstorms with damaging wind, flash flooding, hail and…
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