Dry conditions continued into October which resulted in prolonged severe to extreme drought conditions in the Golden Triangle region.
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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.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
Dry conditions continued into October which resulted in prolonged severe to extreme drought conditions in the Golden Triangle region.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Very dry conditions continued into October, which resulted in an area of severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought remaining across Lowndes County. Crops were put under more stress from the dry and hot conditions.
Very dry conditions continued into October, which resulted in an area of severe (D2) to extreme (D3) drought remaining across Clay County. Crops were put under more stress from the dry and hot conditions.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, October 2016
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 658308, 658309.