Mar 21, 2020
During the afternoon, a line of thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall. These storms occurred just south of a warm front under a very strong southwest low level flow, around 60 knots at 850 mb. An upper level disturbance over the Ozark Mountains contributed to the storms. During the night of the 19th, another round of thunderstorms occurred in a strong southwest wind flow ahead of a cold front over western Missouri. These storms resulted in isolated flash flooding and minor flooding of a couple r
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 876633). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ripley County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.