Nov 4, 2024
Overnight on Sunday, November 3rd, a shield of rain and thunderstorms moved into the bi-state area. By Monday morning, persistent rainfall resulted in fatal flash flooding in southeast Missouri, with one fatality occurring in Iron County. Later on Monday evening, a QLCS produced two EF-0 tornadoes in east-central Missouri and shifted the axis of heaviest rain to the north. Due to the shift northward, record rainfall amounts caused deadly flash flooding in the St. Louis metropolitan area on Tuesd
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1217086). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Iron County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.