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Flash Flood — Callaway, MO

Dec 26, 2015

A prolonged period of rainfall occurred from the early morning hours of December 26th to the evening of December 28th. The heaviest rainfall occurred in a 50 to 75 mile wide swath from southwest Missouri through the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area and into central Illinois. Three day rainfall totals within this swath ranged from 6 to 12 inches, with lighter amounts extending both northwest and southeast to the state border. Some of the precipitation fell as a wintry mix of freezing rain,

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 614794). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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This event is one of many recorded floods in Callaway County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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