Mississippi, 2025Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025 · NWS LIX · 10 events in 2 counties and zones
Strong to severe thunderstorms impacted the Mississippi Gulf Coast and adjacent waters on July 1, 2025, as a cold front moved into a hot and humid airmass. Over land, storms produced damaging wind gusts up to 76 mph at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, resulting in downed trees, large branches, and power lines across Harrison County.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $262,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Strong to severe thunderstorms impacted the Mississippi Gulf Coast and adjacent waters on July 1, 2025, as a cold front moved into a hot and humid airmass. Over land, storms produced damaging wind gusts up to 76 mph at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, resulting in downed trees, large branches, and power lines across Harrison County. Heavy rainfall also caused flash flooding in Harrison and Jackson Counties, with apartment units flooded in Gulfport, several roads covered in water, and stalled vehicles reported. Over the Mississippi Sound, thunderstorms generated measured wind gusts between 41 and 48 mph at Ship Island, Gulfport, and Bay Waveland Yacht Club buoys.
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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 5:38 PM CST, 22 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 5:38 PM CST, 22 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 2.48 mi WNW of D Iberville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 30.440, -88.920
Large tree branch down near Popps Ferry Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 3:56 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.69 mi N of (Gpt)gulfport Rgnl A
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 30.410, -89.070
ASOS station KGPT Gulfport-Biloxi Intl Airport measured a gust of 63mph.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.6 mi W of Handsboro
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -89.030
Public reported a tree down on West Pine Street.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 1.19 mi E of (Gpt)gulfport Rgnl A
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.400, -89.050
Public reported power lines down on Washington Avenue near Bayou View.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 3:59 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.69 mi N of (Gpt)gulfport Rgnl A
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 30.410, -89.070
ASOS station KGPT Gulfport-Biloxi Intl Airport measured a gust of 76mph.
Flash Flood, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 4:30 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 2.83 mi NNW of (Bix)keesler Afb Bil to 2.87 mi N of (Bix)keesler Afb Bil
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $225,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 30.440, -88.930
Multiple apartment units flooded by overflowing drainage ditch at Bellemont Gardens.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 1.38 mi WSW of Gulfport
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -89.100
A large oak tree was downed on 15th Street near 33rd Avenue in Gulfport.
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- July 1, 4:35 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 3.65 mi NE of Ocean Spgs to 3.23 mi ENE of Ocean Spgs
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.460, -88.780
Public reported around 6 inches of standing water on Eglin Road.
Flash Flood, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 4:36 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 0.6 mi W of Mississippi City to 0.93 mi WNW of Mississippi City
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -89.040
Public video of flooding on Courthouse Road in Gulfport.
Flash Flood, Harrison
- When
- July 1, 5:19 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County, 2.26 mi SW of Gulfport to 2.06 mi SW of Gulfport
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 30.360, -89.110
Broadcast media showed video of car stalled due to flooding.
- 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.
- 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.
- Heat in Arizona, July 1 to 4, 202510 deaths · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 1 to 5, 20256 deaths · $39 million · 21 events
- Heat in Nevada, July 1, 20252 deaths · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, July 1, 20251 death · $172,000 · 50 kt wind · 38 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, July 1, 20251 death · $27,000 · 52 kt wind · 19 events
- Wildfire in Washington, July 1 to 31, 2025$4.3 million · 1 event
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 1, 2025$331,000 · EF1 · 21 events
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, July 1, 2025$1.0 million · 63 kt wind · 16 events
- Drought in Hawaii, July 1 to 31, 2025$1.0 million · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2025$128,000 · 52 kt wind · 41 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 1, 2025$200,000 · 24 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, July 1, 2025$180,000 · 2 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1286872, 1286876, 1286873, 1286874, 1286877, 1286868, 1286875, 1286869, 1286870, 1286871.