Flash Flood in Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Flash Flood September 4, 2011 – September 5, 2011 · Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Death

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A man tried enter J.P. Coleman State Park by driving his vehicle through a flooded low water crossing. The vehicle was washed off the road. Two passengers swam to safety but the driver drowned because he could not swim after having a recent operation.

The wider storm

The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee brought heavy rainfall to much of Northeast Mississippi during the late evening hours of September 4th, 2011 through the morning hours of September 5th, 2011. One person drowned when he attempted to drive his vehicle through a flooded low water crossing.

Began near Cross Roads (34.9397, -88.1801).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 346325. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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