Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi
4,734 flash flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 4,734
- Busiest year
- 2009303 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 115over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hinds County295
- Rankin County279
- Lamar County247
- Forrest County237
- DeSoto County233
- Lee County213
- Madison County209
- Marshall County207
- Jones County206
- Washington County190
- Marion County189
- Harrison County185
- Carroll County178
- Panola County177
- Tunica County175
- Lafayette County173
- Pontotoc County172
- Sunflower County170
- Lauderdale County169
- Jackson County167
- Union County166
- Prentiss County164
- Leflore County159
- Tate County157
- Jefferson Davis County155
- Coahoma County155
- Covington County154
- Holmes County153
- Warren County151
- Yalobusha County150
- Quitman County149
- Bolivar County148
- Tippah County148
- Copiah County146
- Benton County145
- Tishomingo County143
- Grenada County142
- Lincoln County141
- Yazoo County140
- Hancock County140
42 more counties
- Issaquena County138
- Montgomery County138
- Jefferson County136
- Itawamba County136
- Smith County135
- Jasper County134
- Simpson County133
- Calhoun County133
- Tallahatchie County133
- Alcorn County132
- Monroe County132
- Lawrence County131
- Scott County129
- Adams County127
- Franklin County127
- Greene County126
- Pearl River County124
- George County122
- Chickasaw County122
- Perry County121
- Clarke County118
- Humphreys County117
- Newton County117
- Stone County116
- Claiborne County115
- Attala County113
- Sharkey County112
- Wayne County111
- Neshoba County108
- Oktibbeha County108
- Choctaw County107
- Lowndes County102
- Kemper County97
- Winston County96
- Webster County92
- Amite County89
- Leake County89
- Noxubee County87
- Clay County83
- Pike County82
- Walthall County73
- Wilkinson County70
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 119 min |
| Sep 11, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke | 106 min |
| Sep 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Smith | 117 min |
| Sep 10, 10:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 10:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 73 min |
| Aug 20, 8:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 2 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.