Flood Warning Issued for Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River Counties MS
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on July 16, 2026, 5 weeks 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 Flood Warning is in effect until 5 PM CDT June 16 for parts of southern Mississippi due to excessive rainfall and small stream flooding.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Southern Mississippi
- Issued
- July 16, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS New Orleans LA
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 5 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Southern Mississippi.
Alert Details
Flood Warning issued by NWS New Orleans LA. Effective from June 16 at 2:09 PM CDT until June 16 at 5:00 PM CDT.
Affected Areas
Northeastern Hancock County, Northwestern Harrison County, and Central Pearl River County in southern Mississippi. Some locations that will experience flooding include Mcneil.
What You Should Do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Expected Conditions
Small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible.
Timeline
Alert effective June 16 at 2:09 PM CDT and expires June 16 at 5:00 PM CDT.
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 (785 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to July 16, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.