Mississippi, 2002Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 12, 2002
July 12, 2002 · NWS MEG · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7,000
- 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 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 Jul 12, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
945 AM CDT FRI JUL 12 2002
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY IN FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING. WILL BE SEEING A CONTINUATION OF THIS PATTERN THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. CURRENT FORECAST SEEMS TO HANDLING THIS SITUATION FINE AND
NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
.MEG...NONE.
Flash Flood, De Soto
- When
- July 12, 11:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, South Haven
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.875, -89.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several streets were flooded as over 2 inches of rain fell in about 40 minutes.
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- July 12, 11:25 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Hickory Flat
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.617, -89.183
Some trees were blown down.
Flash Flood, Union
- When
- July 12, 1:00 PM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Ingomar
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.491, -89.004 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One road was under water.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 12, 20024 injured · $400,000 · 67 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 12, 2002$80,000 · 62 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 12, 2002$37,000 · 60 kt wind · 16 events
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, July 12, 2002$50,000 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 12, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 12, 2002$40,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 20021 injured · $23,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 12, 2002$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 12, 2002$20,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 12, 2002$15,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 2002$15,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 12, 200261 kt wind · 6 events
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: 5311684, 5311683, 5311685.