1,810 first-hand accounts of flood events in Mississippi, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →Hot and humid summer time conditions lead to enough instability for several severe thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon and early evening hours July 10-13th. Some thunderstorms produced wind damage, as well as dime to golf ball size hail.
Read the full account →Hurricane Ivan had weakened to a tropical storm before bringing strong winds to northeast Mississippi. Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Read the full account →Hurricane Ivan had weakened to a tropical storm before bringing strong winds to northeast Mississippi. Some trees and power lines were blown down.
Read the full account →An upper low continued to meander across the region on June 9, 2021. Weak upper-level disturbances rotated around the upper low and interacted with a very moist air mass across the Mid-South to produce several rounds of heavy rain across East-Central Arkansas and North…
Read the full account →An upper low continued to meander across the region on June 9, 2021. Weak upper-level disturbances rotated around the upper low and interacted with a very moist air mass across the Mid-South to produce several rounds of heavy rain across East-Central Arkansas and North…
Read the full account →An upper low continued to meander across the region on June 9, 2021. Weak upper-level disturbances rotated around the upper low and interacted with a very moist air mass across the Mid-South to produce several rounds of heavy rain across East-Central Arkansas and North…
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front combined with a deep moisture connection extending to the Pacific to produce heavy rain across the Mid-South from February 28th into March 1st. Rainfall amounts of 2 inches or more were common with some places reporting more than 4 inches.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front combined with a deep moisture connection extending to the Pacific to produce heavy rain across the Mid-South from February 28th into March 1st. Rainfall amounts of 2 inches or more were common with some places reporting more than 4 inches.
Read the full account →On the early morning and evening of the 16th, thunderstorms with locally heavy rains crossed the northern and southeast portions of the ArkLaMiss. This was caused by an area of low pressure that moved over the region from the Southern Plains.
Read the full account →A long duration flash flooding event occurred due a stalled frontal boundary in place helping to supply environmental lift along with ample Gulf moisture to produce slow-moving clusters of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →A long duration flash flooding event occurred due a stalled frontal boundary in place helping to supply environmental lift along with ample Gulf moisture to produce slow-moving clusters of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →An upper low-pressure system tracked north of the region while the associated cold front moved through the Mid-South during the evening hours of April 7th. Clusters of storms formed into a poorly organized line that pushed east across the Mid-South.
Read the full account →During the morning of July 2nd, a complex of thunderstorms developed along an old outflow boundary in northeast Mississippi and spread quickly southward through the day. Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and training over some areas resulted in flash flooding.
Read the full account →During the morning of July 2nd, a complex of thunderstorms developed along an old outflow boundary in northeast Mississippi and spread quickly southward through the day. Thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and training over some areas resulted in flash flooding.
Read the full account →The combination of a slow moving upper disturbance, which came from the southern plains and rich gulf moisture produced locally heavy rains and flash flooding across Washington County on the evening of September 14th.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance and the remnants of a convective complex triggered severe storms as they encountered an unstable airmass across the ArkLaMiss region.
Read the full account →A pre-frontal trough of low pressure triggered the development of slow moving thunderstorms near the Atchafalaya River basin during the late evening hours of the 21st and the early morning hours of the 22nd.
Read the full account →