Flood, De Soto
- When
- August 16, 7:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, Hernando
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.875, -89.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One street was flooded.
Flood in Mississippi, August 16, 2002
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 16, 2:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 2:30 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 330 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002 A WET DAY IN STORE FOR MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY. KNQA AND KJAN RADARS ALREADY SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF INTO THE MIDSOUTH. PROFILER DATA INDICATES 500 MB TROUGH FROM WESTERN KY SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH EASTERN AR INTO NORTHEASTERN TX. SOUTHERLY WINDS SURFACE AND ALOFT ARE PUMPING ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO THE MIDSOUTH ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH. MEAN 1000 TO 500 MB RH VALUES ARE GREATER THAN 70 PERCENT. LATEST MES0-ETA INDICATES EMBEDDED H5 VORT MAXES WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TODAY AFFECTING THE MIDSOUTH. THIS COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. WILL HAVE 70 PERCENT POPS MUCH OF THE CWFA. HOWEVER...WILL KEEP POP FOR NORTHEAST AR AND THE MO BOOTHEEL AT 50 PERCENT WHERE THE CHANCE OF RAIN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE QUITE AS GOOD AS ELSEWHERE. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL HOLD HIGH TEMPERATURES TO THE MID 80S ACROSS OUR CWFA. FOR TONIGHT...WILL SEE A DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WEAKENS AND MOST OF THE DYNAMICS WITH IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST. WEATHER ON SATURDAY WILL STILL BE HUMID AS SURFACE WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTH. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST. AS A RESULT...THINK THERE WILL BE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARMER THAN TODAY WITH LESS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS. AVN IS INDICATING A WEAK COLD FRONT SLIPPING INTO THE MIDSOUTH FROM THE NORTH SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. AVN DID NOT DO TO GOOD WITH LAST FRONT...SO THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN. NEVERTHELESS...MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WITH REMAIN PLENTIFUL FOR A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO REMAIN IN THE FORECAST. CAN NOT RULE OUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AS THE WEAK FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. HOWEVER...WITH RIDGING ALOFT DEVELOPING BY THIS TIME...WILL CONTINUE WITH PRESENT FORECAST AND NOT MENTION ATTM. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... MEM 84/72/89/74/90 73434 MKL 84/70/88/71/88 74434 JBR 85/71/89/71/89 52434 TUP 84/72/88/72/90 73424 .MEG...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Washington, August 16, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 16, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, August 16 to 17, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16 to 17, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, August 16, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, August 16, 2002
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, August 16, 2002
- High Wind in Iowa, August 16, 2002
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2002
- Wildfire in Washington, August 16 to 20, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 16, 2002
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, August 2002
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: 5315401.