Flood in Mississippi
Every flood event the National Weather Service has filed in Mississippi, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
The most significant on the map
The most significant flood episodes in Mississippi.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 260
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $1.0 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 18 to 19, 2023An upper-level shortwave trough moving east through the Central Plains initiated a few clusters of thunderstorms that spread into Mississippi during the morning of June 18th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 9 to 10, 2024A line of severe thunderstorms produced significant wind damage, heavy rain, hail, and a tornado as it crossed from Northeast Louisiana into Mississippi during the evening of April 9th. Subsequent heavy rain and storms continued into the daytime of April 10th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 6 to 7, 2014A cold front moved through the region on April 4th and stalled along the northern Gulf Coast. Over the next several days, moisture increased over the region ahead of a strong upper level system.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Mississippi, April 13, 2019A surface wave along a slow moving cold front produced several facets of severe weather, including flooding, damaging winds and tornadoes across northern Mississippi during the evening of April 13th.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, October 10, 2002One woman was killed when she tried to drive her car on a flooded road and slid into a ditch and drowned.Several roads were flooded.
- Flood in Mississippi, April 1 to 13, 2008Excessive rainfall during the month of March into the beginning of April brought rivers and their tributaries to high levels. Some rivers came out their banks and flooded several roadways and a few homes. A few deaths occurred as a result of the flooding as well.
- Flood in Mississippi, June 14, 2019Heavy rain and snowmelt contributed to a significant flood event on the Mississippi River. Due to this, major backwater flooding occurred across portions of the Delta that border both the Mississippi River and Yazoo River.
- Flooding in Mississippi, May 4 to 31, 2011The flood of 2011 had its birth around the end of March when heavy rainfall of 2 to 5 inches fell across Arkansas, Southeast Missouri, and the Ohio River Valley.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 20 to 21, 2014During the afternoon of the 20th and into the early morning hours of the 21st, a large part of the central United States experienced severe weather.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 8 to 10, 2011A potent storm system combined with abundant moisture over the ArkLaMiss region to bring nearly 24 hours of showers and thunderstorms, beginning during the day March 8th and continuing through the early morning hours of March 9th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 13, 2022A few rounds of severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Mississippi from late in the evening of April 12th through the evening of April 13th. These storms produced wind damage and several tornadoes before a cold front brought an end to storms from west to east.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 5 to 6, 2004A few roads were flooded near Fitler.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, June 4, 2024A long lived, organized complex of thunderstorms moved into central and southern Mississippi during the afternoon producing numerous reports of wind damage.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 22, 1999A tornado touched down in Horn Lake. Five homes suffered serious structural damage while 100 other homes had lesser damage.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 22 to 23, 2020An upper level storm system moved across the region overnight on April 22nd into 23rd. Abundant moisture and wind energy was in place to bring severe thunderstorms to the region. Damaging winds occurred along with some tornadoes.
- Flooding in Mississippi, November 28 to 30, 2001Rainfall of between 5 and 9 inches fell between November 26 and November 29. This produced widespread flooding across North Mississippi. Numerous roads were closed. Many homes and businesses were flooded forcing some evacuations. Some schools were also forced to close.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, February 2 to 3, 2016A spring like weather system took shape on Feb 2 and set the stage for a round of severe storms with tornadoes. A large surface low developed across the Eastern Plains and Midwest with an attendant surface front that extended southward into the ArkLaMiss region.
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 24 to 26, 2022A low pressure system spinning over northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain to Mississippi August 24th through 25th. This resulted in widespread flooding of roads, homes, and businesses around the state.
- Flooding in Mississippi, May 1 to 31, 2011Heavy rains continued to occur across the Mid-Mississippi Valley into the Ohio Valley during the beginning part of May. In addition, spring snow melt across the Dakotas and Minnesota continued to create higher than normal river levels on the Mississippi River.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, June 19 to 20, 2023A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 5, 2022A low pressure system moving east along the Arkansas Louisiana border helped to organize a line of severe thunderstorms early in the morning of April 5th. Widespread severe wind gusts and several tornadoes occurred with this squall line as it moved east across Mississippi.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 17, 2022Several rounds of severe thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes through the day on April 17th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, March 9 to 13, 2016As high pressure over the East Coast refused to move, a storm system approached the ArkLaMiss from the west and stalled just to the west of the region on March 7th.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Mississippi, June 14 to 15, 2023Convergence of moisture along a stationary front in northern Mississippi triggered thunderstorms during the day on June 14th.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 3 to 5, 2011Tropical Depression 13 formed on the evening of September 1, 2011 about 225 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph. The depression moved very slowly, around 2 mph, across northern portions of the Gulf of Mexico.
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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.