Heavy rain and flash flooding Tuesday night; rainfall totals

October 14, 1:18 PMJackson Weather ExaminerJohnny Kelly

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Heavy rain led to numerous flash flood warnings with extensive flash flooding reported in some areas, Tuesday night.

A Flash Flood Watch was in effect across Northern Mississippi and portions of Central Mississippi, as heavy rains overspread the area.

The National Weather Service warned, Tuesday afternoon of a possible significant flash flooding event if 2 inches or more of rain fell in a short period or time and or in a few hours time, due to the very saturated state of the soil.

The heavy rains overspread much of Northern and Central Mississippi by Tuesday evening, with many areas receiving over 2 inches of rainfall, especially across Northern and Central Mississippi- with isolated areas over 3 and 4 inches in portions of Northwestern and West Central Mississippi.

The heavy rainfall led the National Weather Service to issue numerous flash flood warnings for over 25 counties across the state, as the heavy rains spread to the east and southeast.

(Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lee, Leflore, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Rankin, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tishomingo, Warren, Washington, Webster, Yazoo)

FLOODING REPORTS:

• • SEVERAL STREETS BLOCKED OFF IN TOWN DUE TO EXCESSIVE WATER OVER ROADS MAKING TRAFFIC IMPASSABLE IN BOLIVAR COUNTY
• • SEVERAL ROADS WERE FLOODED AROUND SHAW, BOYLE, AND CLEVELAND IN BOLIVAR COUNTY
• • SOUTHERN LANE OF HIGHWAY 8 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT ALONG THE BIG SUNFLOWER RIVER IN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
  • PARTS OF HIGHWAY 442 AND HIGHWAY 448 HAVE WASHED OUT IN SUNFLOWER COUNTY
• • ROADS FLOODING IN THE CITY OF GRENADA
• • 5-6 INCHES OVER CARROLLTON ROAD, JONES RD, AND HIGHWAY  51 SOUTH OF CITY OF GRENADA
  • EXTENSIVE FLOODING NEAR SKY FARM AVE AND MISSION 66 ROADWAYS WITH 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS MAKING THEM IMPASSABLE AND ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED IN WARREN COUNTY
  • FIRESTATION NUMBER 5 BEGINNING TO BE INUNDATED WITH WATER ALONG HIGHWAY 61 SOUTH IN VICKSBURG CITY LIMITS IN WARREN COUNTY
  • WATER THREATENING HOMES IN THE LAKE PARK SUBDIVISON ALONG LAKE VIEW ROAD IN WARREN COUNTY
  • WATER INUNDATING URBAN ROADS OF MANHATTAN AND GARVIN STREET NORTH OF NORTHSIDE DRIVE IN HINDS COUNTY
  • FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE CITY OF TUPELO WITH UP TO 3 FEET OF WATER COVERING SOME ROADWAYS. SOME CARS WERE BECOMING SUBMERGED IN THE FLOOD WATERS
  • SEVERAL STREETS WERE BLOCKED OFF IN TOWN AND WOOLFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED THE FOLLOWING DAY DUE TO HIGH WATER IN YAZOO COUNTY

Also due to very saturated soils from over 20 inches of rainfall in parts of Northern Mississippi since September, there were a few reports of trees and power lines down in Tupelo and Pontotoc .

(Heavy rains moving across Northern and Central Mississippi, Tuesday night)

 The chances of rain will finally come to an end by Friday with much colder and drier weather arriving just in time for the weekend.

Everyone should stay updated on the latest weather information as it becomes available.