Jul 17, 2024
A mesoscale convective vortex pushed into the Missouri Ozarks during the afternoon of July 16, 2024, resulting in showers and thunderstorms developing out ahead of it. Thunderstorm coverage and intensity increased during the overnight hours and into the early morning hours of July 17 as they developed along a stationary boundary situated west to east on the Missouri/Arkansas border. Thunderstorms first formed over northeast Oklahoma and continued to spread east into far southern Missouri, result
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1205475). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Christian County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.