Flash Flood in Pearl River County, Mississippi

Flash Flood June 16, 2026 · Pearl River County, Mississippi

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Picayune Police department reported that barricades were being placed at numerous roads throughout the city due to flooding.

The wider storm

A weather pattern in the upper atmosphere favored the development of showers and thunderstorms across the local area. At the surface, a stalled frontal boundary stretched from west to east near the I-10 corridor and provided a focus for repeated thunderstorm development. Thunderstorms repeatedly developed and moved over the same areas along the boundary, producing very heavy rainfall across portions of coastal Mississippi over the two-day period and resulting in flash flooding.

Began near Picayune Arpt (30.5385, -89.6971).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1344790. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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