Flash Flood — Hinds, Mississippi

2020-01-14 · near Tougaloo, Hinds, Mississippi

Event narrative

Swift water rescues occurred on Content Street. Camelot Apartments were flooded and multiple rescues occurred. Close to a foot of water was across Ridgewood Road at Jackson Academy. High Street was barricaded due to high water. Presidential Hills was flooded and had no access due to flood waters. Parts of Industrial Drive near Hawkins Field was underwater.

Wider weather episode

A warm front was situated across southern Mississippi during the evening of January 13th. This, combined with a passing disturbance and anomalous moisture, supported numerous thunderstorms and heavy rainfall that produced widespread rainfall between 2 and 6 inches with the heavies corridor right across the central portion of the forecast area. This resulted in widespread flash flooding across the region as this additional rain fell on very saturated conditions. As the front moved north, additional rainfall and flash flooding occurred across northern Mississippi when another disturbance moved across the region.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 874451. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.