May 29, 2019
A small but well-organized complex of thunderstorms moved east-northeast from the Ozark foothills across the Poplar Bluff area to the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau and New Madrid. A sustained area of damaging winds accompanied the leading edge of the storms from Doniphan to Dexter to the Mississippi River. The storms occurred in a moderately to strongly unstable air mass ahead of a dissipating cold front over northwest Missouri. A weakening 500 mb shortwave moved northeastward from th
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 819910). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in New Madrid County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.