Flash Flood, Hancock
- When
- March 7, 12:00 PM CST to March 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.394, -89.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 7 to 8, 1998
Heavy rainfall of 4 to 6 inches occurred during the late morning and afternoon of March 7 along the Mississippi Coast. 5 to 3 inches of rain that had occurred the previous day, therefore there was extensive runoff.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LIX wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall of 4 to 6 inches occurred during the late morning and afternoon of March 7 along the Mississippi Coast. The soil was already saturated from 1.5 to 3 inches of rain that had occurred the previous day, therefore there was extensive runoff. Widespread street flooding was reported in many communities, especially near the the coast. Strong southerly winds resulted in above normal tides along the coast which restricted runoff from drainage canals and small streams into the Gulf. A number of houses in each county were flooded with Harrison County reporting 75 to 80 houses flooded along with some residents evacuated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Harrison
- When
- March 7, 12:00 PM CST to March 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.416, -89.082 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- March 7, 12:00 PM CST to March 8, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.463, -88.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Kansas, March 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 7 to 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, March 7, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 7, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 7 to 12, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, March 1998
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: 5647990, 5647991, 5647992.