FloodZoneMap.org

Flash Flood — Adair, MO

Jul 10, 2021

Overnight convection brought into northwest Missouri a strong storm complex from southeast Nebraska. Overall, this system produced low end wind damage across far northern Missouri. Several hours later, in the evening of the 10th strong storms moved through, but the bulk of the severe weather reports came from the Kansas side of the forecast area.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 971703). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Adair, MO

This event is one of many recorded floods in Adair County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

View Adair County flood data →

More Flood Stories

Flood$300K damage

Adair, MO · Jul 25, 2008

An unusual late July weather pattern, set the stage for extreme rainfall amounts and major flooding across north central and northeast Missouri, on July 24th and 25th. Hot and humid air, continued to feed north across the eastern Plains into western Missouri.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood$10K damage

Adair, MO · Jul 20, 2010

Thunderstorms erupted the evening of July 19th, along a stationary front that was draped across southern Iowa. The storms quickly moved south into north central Missouri.

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Adair, MO · Aug 4, 2023

On the afternoon and evening of August 4th, severe storms developed over western Missouri and moved eastward into central Missouri. A supercell produced a 4.5 mile long EF0 tornado in rural Ray County near the community of Millville, with another supercell producing a 1.5 mile…

Read the full account →
Flash Flood

Adair, MO · Jun 22, 2015

On the evening of June 20, an MCS was moving southeastward out of Iowa, into northeastern Missouri. Widespread thunderstorms formed on the southern flank of the original MCS causing widespread thunderstorm wind damage and some large hail up to the size of golf balls.

Read the full account →