Nov 20, 2025
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed in Kansas and Oklahoma behind a lifting warm front during the late evening hours of November 19 before pushing into southwest Missouri in the early morning of November 20. These clusters of storms produced heavy rainfall up to 2.56 inches, resulting in some flooded roadways in Joplin.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1297775). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Jasper County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.