Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 20 to 21, 1997

Name: Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 20 to 21, 1997
Start: 1997-06-20T18:03
End: 1997-06-21T02:00
Location: Mississippi

June 20 to 21, 1997 · NWS JAN · 8 events in 5 counties and zones

6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $24,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Event by event

6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke

When: June 20, 6:03 PM CST
Where: Clarke County, Enterprise
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.180, -88.820

Numerous trees and poweer lines were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke

When: June 20, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Clarke County, Stonewall
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 32.130, -88.800

Numerous trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale

When: June 20, 6:23 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County, Lauderdale
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 32.520, -88.520

Numerous trees were blown down along Highway 19 south.

Thunderstorm Wind, Kemper

When: June 20, 7:17 PM CST
Where: Kemper County, De Kalb
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 32.770, -88.650

Numerous trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lauderdale

When: June 20, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Lauderdale County, Daleville
Property damage: $4,000
Coordinates: 32.570, -88.680

Numerous trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Oktibbeha

When: June 20, 10:00 PM CST
Where: Oktibbeha County, Osborn
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 33.520, -88.730

Several trees were blown down.

Flash Flood, Choctaw

When: June 20, 11:00 PM CST to June 21, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Choctaw County, Ackerman
Coordinates: 33.347, -89.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extensive flooding of roads and streets occurred in Ackerman.

Flash Flood, Oktibbeha

When: June 20, 11:00 PM CST to June 21, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Oktibbeha County, Starkville
Coordinates: 33.425, -88.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several streets and roads were flooded.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, June 1997

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5615797, 5615800, 5615798, 5615799, 5615801, 5615802, 5615803, 5615804.