Aug 4, 2023
A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri. A slow moving mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) tracked over the area and brought very heavy rain in a short amount of time. Rainfall amounts between 4 and 8 inches fell in less than 6 hours, which caused many stalled vehicles and several water rescues in the towns of
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1129557). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Scotland County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.