Flash Flood in Rankin County, Mississippi

Flash Flood April 2, 2017 – April 3, 2017 · Rankin County, Mississippi

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flooding occurred on several streets north of Brandon, including: Woodlands Drive, Avalon Way, Hugh Ward Boulevard, Pine Cone Cove, Glensview Drive, West Pinebrook Drive, Bradford Drive, Bellegrove Circle, and Castlewoods Boulevard near Lakeland Drive. Both Castlewoods and Mill Creek subdivisions evacuated people and roughly 30 homes had water in them.

The wider storm

A powerful spring storm system impacted much of the region on April 2nd. As this system evolved, a severe weather outbreak occurred with many tornadoes impacting portions of Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition, multiple other thunderstorms produced damaging wind gusts, large hail, and significant flash flooding during the afternoon and overnight hours.

Began near Langford (32.3727, -90.0010).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Franklin County EF1 Lincoln County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 698570. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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