Mississippi, 2024

Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 27, 2024

July 27, 2024 · NWS JAN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

Localized heavy rainfall fell across the area and produced some flash flooding.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
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 JAN wrote it up.

Localized heavy rainfall fell across the area and produced some flash flooding.

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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 27, 7:27 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:27 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:54 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lowndes

When
July 27, 8:56 PM CST to 9:40 PM CST
Where
Lowndes County, 0.69 mi S of Columbus to 0.7 mi S of Columbus
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
33.490, -88.430

Several streets were flooded with one home having water approach the porch.

Flash Flood, Lowndes

When
July 27, 9:00 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
Where
Lowndes County, 1.85 mi NE of Wells to 1.78 mi NE of Wells
Cause
Heavy Rain
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
33.617, -88.375

Water was over parts of Wolfe road near Anderson Grove road.

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1205138, 1205139.