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Flood — Ozark, MO

Jun 9, 2020

Heavy rainfall occurred over the eastern and central portions of the Ozarks from the afternoon of the 8th to the morning of the 9th as the remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal moved northward from the northern Gulf Coast into Central Missouri. Widespread accumulations over 2 inches occurred along and east of a line from Branson to Springfield to Bolivar, with isolated amounts over three inches near West Plains and north of Fort Leonard Wood. Several reports of flooded county and state routes wer

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 903204). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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