Mississippi storm history

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the New Madrid Floodway by detonating a levee at Birds Point. The intentional levee breach relieved pressure on levees along the lower Ohio River and portions of the Mississippi River. The blast that opened the 11,000-foot gap in the lev…

Recorded measurement from personal weather station EW4994 Dorena as thunderstorms tracked southeastward through southern Mississippi County.

Heat continued from mid-July. Heat indices only reached heat advisory duration criteria July 27th.

Heat continued into late July.

A pivot irrigation system was tipped over by a thunderstorm outflow. Time estimated by radar.

Hail to the size of golf balls fell just northeast of Wilson City.

A funnel cloud formed just northeast of Wyatt.

Up to half dollar size hail fell in the East Prairie and Anniston areas.

Late February flooding continued into early March along the Mississippi River at Hickman. Minor flooding of some low-lying agricultural land continued near Hickman. River levels fell just below flood stage in the early afternoon on the 1st.

Minor flooding of some low-lying agricultural land occurred near Hickman. Minor flooding continued into early March.

The wind observation was at a Mesonet station in Dorena.

Multiple photos were reported of a landspout tornado on the southwest side of Cairo near the Mississippi River which formed near the intersection of a small cell and an outflow boundary. No damage was reported with this landspout.

Multiple videos of a landspout tornado were reported from a storm in Mississppi County southeast of an I-57 weigh station. The storm drifted northwestward.

Thunderstorm outflow winds blew down a line of 8 power poles across Hwy 62. No tree damage occurred in the area.

Minor flooding of low-lying areas across from Hickman occurred mid-month.

Hail estimated to quarter size fell in East Prairie as a supercell moved eastward through Mississippi County.