Flash Flood — Rankin, Mississippi

2017-04-02 to 2017-04-03 · near Langford, Rankin, Mississippi

$3.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 698570. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.