Flash Flood — Lamar, Mississippi

2007-04-14 · near Hattiesburg, Lamar, Mississippi

$1.2M

Property damage

Event narrative

Locally heavy rainfall, around 3 inches in 1-2 hours, caused extensive flooding in an area of West Hattiesburg. Nine homes were flooded along with several roads under water. Due to the high water, several people had to be evacuated.

Wider weather episode

A potent upper level disturbance lifted northeast across the Southern Plains and into the Ohio Valley. As this system evolved and tracked northeast, severe weather broke out across a large portion of the region between April 13th and 14th. Many reports of large hail, damaging winds and a few isolated tornadoes were received.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 23426. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.