NWS Jackson, MS- Tropical Storm Lee Rainfall and Flooding

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The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee brought flooding rains to much of Central Mississippi. This caused significant flash flooding as well as river flooding, mainly along the Pearl River. The large amount of rain that fell over Labor Day weekend broke many records at the Central Mississippi climate sites, especially at the Jackson-Evers International Airport. Light rain began at Jackson during the early morning hours of September 3rd, with light to moderate rain continuing through the daytime hours of the 4th. On the evening of September 4th, a band of moderate to heavy rain developed along the Interstate 20 corridor, producing rainfall rates approaching two inches per hour. Rainfall finally began to taper off around sunrise and all but ended before noon on the 5th. All told, the 11.15 inches of rain that fell at Jackson-Evers International Airport broke several rainfall records, including many multi-day rainfall records. The following tables show broken all-time records for Jackson, daily records for our climate sites and the top rainfall totals received(11 inches and higher).

Record Type	Rain(inches)	Previous Record	Previous Record Date
Jackson All- time Records
24 hour record(9am 9/4-9am 9/5)	10.68	8.50	11am 4/6/03-11am 4/7/03
2 day record	10.82	8.54	4/11-4/12/79
3 day record	11.15	9.81	4/11-4/13/80
4 day record	11.15	9.82	4/11-4/14/80
5 day record	11.15	9.82	4/11-4/15/80
6 day record	11.15	10.45	4/8-4/13/80
7 day record	11.15	10.55	4/7-4/13/80

Site (ID)	Date	Rain(inches)	Previous Record(Year)
Daily Records
Hattiesburg(HBG)	9/3	2.95	2.00(1986)
Hattiesburg(HBG)	9/4	2.82	2.03(1988)
Tallulah- Vicksburg(TVR)	9/4	3.05	2.79(2001)
Jackson(JAN)	9/4	5.12	2.37(1949)
Tallulah-Vicksburg(TVR)	9/5	1.02	0.95(2007)
Jackson(JAN)	9/5	5.70	1.48(1906)

County/Parish	City	Rain Amount(inches)	Through Time/Date	Source
Top Storm Total Rainfall Reports
Rankin	Florence 1 E	13.55	Total	CoCoRaHS
Scott	Forest	12.82	Total	COOP
Leake	Walnut Grove	12.59	7am 9/5	COOP
Neshoba	Philadelphia 8 SSE	12.03	Total	CoCoRaHS
Leake	Walnut Grove/Tuscolameta Creek	12.02	Total	DCP
Neshoba	Philadelphia 5 E	12.00	Total	CoCoRaHS
Lamar	Hattiesburg 8 WSW	11.64	Total	CoCoRaHS
Jefferson Davis	Prentiss	11.33	Total	COOP
Rankin	Richland WSW	11.29	Total	CoCoRaHS
Rankin	Jackson Intl. Airport(JAN)	11.15	Total	ASOS
Rankin	Pearl 3 ESE	11.14	Total	CoCoRaHS

Tropical Storm Lee flooding pictures

Complete list of rainfall totals, broken down by state and county