Photo: NatalieMaynor from Jackson, Mississippi, USA · CC BY 2.0Storms, floods and disasters in Sallis
Sallis isn’t graded for hazard risk: Sallis has 212 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Sallis faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Hail
Hurricanes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Sallis flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Sallis. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Sallis isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Attala County.5 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Sallis
Disasters that paid out in Sallis itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Sallis), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2026Severe Winter Storm229 households applied for aid$1.0M aid approved
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding19 households applied for aid$13K aid approved
- 2010Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding19 households applied for aid$45K aid approved
- 2005Hurricane Katrina261 households applied for aid$233K aid approved
- 2003Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods1 households applied for aid$1K aid approved
Attala County has had 18 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then hurricanes and tropical storms.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Sallis
Is Sallis in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Attala County, 14% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Sallis?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Sallis’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Sallis?
By FEMA money that reached Sallis, Severe Winter Storm (2026): 229 households applied for aid, $1.0M approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Sallis.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Sallis’ residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.