Flash Flood Warning Issued for Rankin County, Mississippi
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on May 11, 2026, 3 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Rankin County in central Mississippi until 3:45 PM CDT, with thunderstorms expected to produce heavy rain and cause flash flooding.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Rankin County, Mississippi
- Issued
- May 11, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Jackson MS
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Rankin County, Mississippi.
Alert Details
A Flash Flood Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) Jackson MS. This alert is effective from 1:10 PM CDT on April 29, 2026, until 3:45 PM CDT.
Affected Areas
The warning affects southern Rankin County in central Mississippi, including the locations of Jackson, Brandon, Florence, Johns, and Monterey.
What You Should Do
Turn around and do not drive through flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Expected Conditions
Thunderstorms are producing heavy rain at a rate of 1 to 1.5 inches in 2 hours, leading to flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in small creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, and other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
Timeline
The alert is effective from 1:10 PM CDT on April 29, 2026, and will expire at 3:45 PM CDT on the same day.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (847 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to May 11, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.