Aug 30, 2019
A complex of storms over northern Missouri and southern Iowa on the morning of the 29th pushed an outflow boundary southward into central Missouri during the evening hours. Another storm complex developed over central Kansas during the evening of the 29th and merged with the remnants of the Missouri complex during the overnight hours and produced heavy rainfall and sporadic severe storms over west central Missouri.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 849979). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Benton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.