Mississippi, 2024

Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 25, 2024

July 25, 2024 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A broad upper trough extended from the Great Lakes to northeast Texas. An upper-level disturbance moving through the Mid-South ignited convection across the Memphis metropolitan area during the late morning hours on July 25, 2024.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 MEG wrote it up.

A broad upper trough extended from the Great Lakes to northeast Texas. An upper-level disturbance moving through the Mid-South ignited convection across the Memphis metropolitan area during the late morning hours on July 25, 2024. A very moist airmass was in place across the region with anomalous precipitable water values of over 2 inches. The thunderstorms were slow moving resulting in heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:25 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, De Soto

When
July 25, 10:22 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
Where
De Soto County, 1.24 mi WSW of Horn Lake to 0.8 mi WSW of Horn Lake
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
34.961, -90.049

Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of Horn Lake. A vehicle was stalled in floodwaters on Dunbarton Drive just north of Goodman Road. The intersection of Dunbarton Drive and Sherry Drive was flooded with a few streets in the nearby vicinity closed due to floodwaters.

Flash Flood, De Soto

When
July 25, 10:30 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
Where
De Soto County, 0.91 mi WNW of Walls to 0.63 mi W of Walls
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
34.953, -90.146

Nail Road at Highway 61 was closed due to flooding.

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.

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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: 1200760, 1200763.