Alert archive / Mississippi / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 2024
110 flash flood warnings in 2024. 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 in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 110
- Busiest month
- January22 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- April 10, 202412 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
59 of 110 flash flood warnings covering Mississippi in 2024 had a flash flood report inside them; 113 of 131 flash flood reports fell inside a warning, on average 114 minutes after it went out.
Mississippi, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash flood warnings | 110 | 59 | 46% | 131 | 86% | 114 min |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, MS: flash flood warnings | 71 | 38 | 46% | 114 | 85% | 127 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: flash flood warnings | 27 | 9 | 67% | 16 | 88% | 67 min |
| NWS New Orleans, LA: flash flood warnings | 105 | 52 | 50% | 147 | 90% | 85 min |
| NWS Memphis, TN: flash flood warnings | 32 | 17 | 47% | 36 | 78% | 49 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 5:18 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 6:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 108 min |
| Jan 8, 8:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 8:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 111 min |
| Jan 8, 9:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:11 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:31 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 77 min |
| Jan 9, 1:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 80 min |
| Jan 24, 6:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:29 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 8:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Simpson | 9 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:23 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:26 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 10:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 3 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:27 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 8 hr |
| Jan 24, 12:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 5 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:56 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone | 4 hr |
| Jan 25, 8:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 7:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Madison, Warren | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Simpson | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 11:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Simpson | 3 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:24 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 2 hr |
| Mar 1, 12:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 110 min |
| Mar 4, 4:49 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 6 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:15 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Rankin, Simpson | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:36 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 12:42 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 96 min |
| Mar 8, 3:21 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Walthall | 114 min |
| Mar 8, 4:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 3 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 3 hr |
| Apr 8, 12:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 52 min |
| Apr 9, 8:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 12 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 10 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Holmes and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 3 hr |
| May 6, 3:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 95 min |
| May 9, 10:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 3 hr |
| May 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 3 hr |
| May 13, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 2 hr |
| May 17, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson | 4 hr |
| May 17, 7:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 4 hr |
| May 17, 7:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 4 hr |
| May 24, 9:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo | 114 min |
| Jun 1, 10:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Monroe | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 116 min |
| Jul 14, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 86 min |
| Jul 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 68 min |
| Jul 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Smith | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 108 min |
| Jul 21, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 92 min |
| Jul 25, 10:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 93 min |
| Jul 25, 11:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 73 min |
| Jul 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 119 min |
| Jul 26, 8:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Scott, Smith | 6 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock | 7 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 115 min |
| Sep 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 101 min |
| Nov 10, 5:44 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 9:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Dec 27, 10:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 118 min |
| Dec 28, 6:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hinds County13
- Rankin County13
- Hancock County11
- Pearl River County10
- Madison County10
- Jasper County9
- Simpson County9
- DeSoto County9
- Copiah County8
- Smith County8
- Claiborne County8
- Warren County7
- Jackson County7
- Harrison County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Issaquena County6
- Clarke County6
- Franklin County5
- Jefferson County5
- Wilkinson County5
- Lincoln County5
- Amite County5
- Scott County5
- Newton County5
- Pike County4
- Walthall County4
- Marion County4
- Forrest County4
- Lamar County4
- Washington County4
- Sharkey County4
- Lee County4
- Jones County3
- Jefferson Davis County3
- Lawrence County3
- Humphreys County3
- Holmes County3
- Yazoo County3
- Clay County3
- Itawamba County3
26 more counties
- Adams County2
- Covington County2
- Leake County2
- Greene County2
- Perry County2
- Stone County2
- Lowndes County2
- Grenada County2
- Monroe County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Attala County2
- Oktibbeha County2
- Sunflower County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Carroll County1
- Choctaw County1
- Leflore County1
- Montgomery County1
- Webster County1
- George County1
- Lafayette County1
- Prentiss County1
- Tishomingo County1
- Tate County1
- Union County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.