An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010. South to southwest winds pumped warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and created a very unstable atmosphere. Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the front during the early evening hours and moved east into Eastern Arkansas shortly before midnight. Additional thunderstorms occurred in association with the upper level disturbance. Due to the unstable atmosphere, thunderstorms quickly became severe producing large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding. The severe weather evolved into an outbreak by May 1st and 2nd. Historic rainfall and flash flooding in addition to large hail and damaging winds occurred during the early morning hours of May 1st with several tornadoes occurring during the afternoon hours of May 1st to early morning hours of May 2nd.

Flash Flood in TUNICA, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 09:30:00 to 01-MAY-10 11:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: TUNICA ARPT
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain produced flash flooding around Tunica. The intersection of White Oaks Road and Josephine Road was flooded near the Tunica Airport. Several streets in town was flooded as well.

Flash Flood in ALCORN, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 12:24:00 to 01-MAY-10 16:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: WENASOGA
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Corinth. Numerous streets were flooded as a result.

Flash Flood in PRENTISS, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 13:30:00 to 01-MAY-10 17:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: BOONEVILLE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Northern Prentiss County. Several roads were flooded as a result.

Thunderstorm Wind in TIPPAH, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 13:55:00 to 01-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BLUE MTN
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Straight line winds knocked down trees and power lines between Blue Mountain and Ripley.

Thunderstorm Wind in TISHOMINGO, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 13:35:00 to 01-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BURNSVILLE
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Straight line winds knocked down trees from Burnsville to north of Iuka.

Flash Flood in YALOBUSHA, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 09:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: PINE VLY
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 20.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across portions of Eastern Yalobusha County. A bridge was washed out along County Road 247 near the intersection of County Road 242 as a result.

Tornado in DE SOTO, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 00:10:00 to 02-MAY-10 00:12:00 (CST-6)
Location: NESBIT
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A weak tornado touched down just north of Interstate 69 near Tulane Road and traveled northeast for about 1 mile before lifting near the Nesbit Road. Several very large trees were knocked down and a couple of them were snapped off. Some shingle damage was noted as well.

Flash Flood in MARSHALL, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 11:45:00 to 01-MAY-10 17:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: POTTS CAMP
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Marshall County. Several roads were flooded as a result. At least two roads sustained damage to culverts.

Thunderstorm Wind in PRENTISS, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 13:00:00 to 01-MAY-10 13:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: JUMPERTOWN
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Straight line winds knocked down trees across Northern Prentiss County.

Thunderstorm Wind in LEE, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 08:05:00 to 02-MAY-10 08:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: SALTILLO
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Straight line winds knocked down trees across portions of Lee County.

Flash Flood in CALHOUN, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:00:00 to 02-MAY-10 12:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: PITTSBORO
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 150.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to 8 inches of rain fell across Northern Calhoun County producing flash flooding. Numerous roads were closed as a result. Several homes were flooded as well.

Flash Flood in DE SOTO, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 14:45:00 to 01-MAY-10 15:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: OLIVE BRANCH
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Center Hill and Bridgetown areas of DeSoto County.

Thunderstorm Wind in LEE, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: SHANNON
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Straight line winds knocked down trees across all of Lee County.

Tornado in UNION, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 12:34:00 to 01-MAY-10 12:36:00 (CST-6)
Location: COTTON PLANT
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado touched down near Highway 15 southeast of Cotton Plant and traveled northeast into Tippah County. An outbuilding suffered minor damage near the touchdown point and minor tree damaged occurred along the path.

Tornado in TIPPAH, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 12:36:00 to 01-MAY-10 12:47:00 (CST-6)
Location: BLUFF
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 125.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado moved northeast into Tippah County from Union County. The tornado remained on the ground for roughly 8 miles in Tippah County lifting near County Road 602 northeast of Dumas. Six homes sustained minor to moderate damage. The hardest hit area was located on County Road 701. In addition, a roof was peeled off of a mobile home. A barn was also damaged. A few vehicles were damaged as well. Many trees were knocked down along the path. A church suffered minor damage just before the tornado lifted.

Flash Flood in LEE, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 08:06:00 to 02-MAY-10 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: NETTLETON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Lee County. Several roads and bridges were flooded or washed out. Of these, six roads and one bridge sustained damage. One home sustained minor flood damage. One fatality occurred when a vehicle hydroplaned on Highway 45 between Eason Boulevard and Main Street exits in Tupelo as a result of the heavy rain and hit another vehicle.

Tornado in LAFAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 02:27:00 to 02-MAY-10 02:29:00 (CST-6)
Location: ABBEVILLE
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 250.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado touched down just southwest of Abbeville and tracked northeast hitting the south side of Abbeville. The tornado lifted along County Road 215. One fatality occurred when a single family home was destroyed. A double wide mobile home was also destroyed. Three other homes sustained major damage. Numerous trees were also uprooted along the path.

Flash Flood in PANOLA, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 05:00:00 to 02-MAY-10 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: CURTIS STATION
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Panola County. A home was flooded off of Seven Road as a result. Flood waters entered into Smith Cleaners in Downtown Batesville as well. In addition, four additional homes were flooded and as many as twenty-four roads were closed or received damage due to the flooding.

Flash Flood in LAFAYETTE, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 11:45:00 to 01-MAY-10 17:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: PARIS
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across LaFayette County. Several roads were flooded as a result.

Flash Flood in PRENTISS, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: GEEVILLE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 250.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Prentiss County. Ten roads and two bridges sustained major damage. One hundred additional roads received minor damage.

Flash Flood in TIPPAH, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 12:20:00 to 01-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: FALKNER
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 750.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Ripley and Falkner. Numerous roads were flooded as a result. In total, nine roads and two bridges were destroyed with eight roads receiving major damage. Two roads sustained minor damage. Numerous homes were flooded sustaining major and minor damage. One building and one utility company received major damage as well from the flooding.

Flash Flood in PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: ROBBS
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Pontotoc County. Numerous roads were flooded as a result including Highway 178, Brassfield Road, Cane Creek South Road, and Beehill Road. In addition, East 9th Street was flooded in Pontotoc. Water covered the top of mailboxes in some locations.

Flash Flood in TIPPAH, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: RIPLEY ARPT
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 750.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Tippah County. Numerous roads were flooded as a result. In total, nine roads and two bridges were destroyed with eight roads receiving major damage. Two roads sustained minor damage. Six homes were flooded sustaining major damage with 68 homes receiving minor damage.

Tornado in BENTON, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 01:48:00 to 02-MAY-10 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: ASHLAND
Tornado F-scale: EF3
Property damage: 1.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado touched down near Highway 5 approximately 2 miles south of Ashland. The tornado traveled northeast crossing into Tippah County. Eleven homes and mobile homes were destroyed with six receiving major damage. Twenty-three homes sustained minor damage. Numerous trees were snapped and debarked along the path. Power lines were also knocked down. A free standing transmission tower collapsed and was severely twisted as well. Two deaths and one critical injury occurred when a double wide mobile home was destroyed just east of Ashland. Four additional injuries, three of them critical, occurred when a mobile home was picked up by the tornado.

Flash Flood in TISHOMINGO, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 08:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: EASTPORT
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Tishomingo County. Nine roads were destroyed and six roads sustained major damage. Sixteen roads received minor damage. One church and two other buildings on the church's property sustained damage. Nine homes and one mobile home sustained major damage. Five culverts were destroyed.

Flash Flood in UNION, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: JERICHO
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 1.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Union County. Twenty-eight roads and one bridge sustained major damage. Fifteen businesses and one public building received damage from flooding as well. In addition, fourteen homes and six mobile homes sustained minor damage.

Flash Flood in BENTON, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: WINBORN
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 750.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Benton County. Twenty roads sustained major damage. Forty roads received minor damage. Highway 4 west of Ashland was one road that was closed as a result of the flooding. Several homes and mobile homes sustained damage from the flooding.

Heavy Rain in UNION, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 19:00:00 to 01-MAY-10 19:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: NEW ALBANY
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Heavy rain occurred in New Albany. One fatality occurred when a vehicle lost control on Highway 78 near New Albany during the heavy rain and hit a guardrail.

Flash Flood in ALCORN, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 05:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: LONE PINE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 4.50M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced widespread flash flooding across Alcorn County. Numerous roads were flooded or washed out as a result. One fatality occurred when the vehicle lost control and went into a ditch off of Shiloh Road near Shiloh Ridge Golf Course. The vehicle became fully submerged and the driver drowned as a result. Numerous additional water rescues were made as a result of the flooding. Portions of Highway 72 in Downtown Corinth were flooded. Flood waters went into at least 40 businesses including K-Mart and Kroger. At least 8 homes were destroyed from flood waters. In addition, seventy homes sustained major damage with two receiving minor damage. An apartment complex containing 40 units also sustained major flood damage.

Flash Flood in CHICKASAW, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 11:00:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: WOODLAND
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across mainly Northwest Chickasaw County where many roads were flooded. A few motorists became stranded in the flood waters. Streets in Woodland and Houston were flooded as well.

Flash Flood in MARSHALL, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 07:30:00 to 02-MAY-10 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: BARTON
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 500.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding across Marshall County. Ten roads sustained major damage. Seventeen roads received minor damage. Twenty-one homes and mobile homes sustained minor damage.

Flash Flood in DE SOTO, MISSISSIPPI
From 01-MAY-10 14:30:00 to 01-MAY-10 15:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: HORN LAKE
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Horn Lake and Nesbit. Vehicles were stranded in flood water up to headlights at the intersection of Highway 302 and Highway 51. Motorists had to be rescued. The roads were closed as a result. In addition, a teenager had to be rescued from a flooded ditch off of Tulane Road near Nesbit. At the peak of the storm, one home in off of Dean Road had nearly three feet of water inside.

Tornado in PANOLA, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 00:42:00 to 02-MAY-10 00:43:00 (CST-6)
Location: EUREKA SPGS
Tornado F-scale: EF1
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Eureka and Hubbard Roads about 4 miles east-northeast of Pope in Panola County. The tornado snapped trees and bolted down playground equipment was thrown. A dumpster was turned over and power lines were also downed.

Tornado in TIPPAH, MISSISSIPPI
From 02-MAY-10 02:00:00 to 02-MAY-10 02:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: TIPLERSVILLE
Tornado F-scale: EF3
Property damage: 500.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado tracked northeast into Tippah County from Benton County. The tornado continued northeast crossing into Hardeman County, Tennessee. Numerous homes were damaged along County Road 301 near the intersection of County Road 303, along Highway 72 east of Walnut and near Brownfield. In total 5 homes were destroyed. Trees and power lines were knocked down in the area as well.