May 19, 2022
A nocturnal storm complex developed over southwest Kansas and northwest Oklahoma during the evening of the 18th moved eastward and reached the western edge of the Ozarks during the early morning of the 19th. The storm complex developed into a mesoscale convective vorticity center (MCV) and tracked northeastward across the region through the late morning and afternoon. The airmass on the eastern side of the MCV was unstable enough for severe storms to develop during the afternoon. The storms prod
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1027431). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Phelps County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.