May 27, 2020
An upper level low pressure system became cut off over the Southern Plains leading to multiple rounds of storms from the latter half of Memorial Day Weekend into much of the following work week. On the early morning of the 25th, a storm complex that developed over eastern Oklahoma drifted into southwest Missouri. A similar pattern was seen from the afternoon of the 25th to the morning of the 27th, with scattered strong to severe afternoon storms and overnight storm complexes developing near the
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 892695). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Newton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.