2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Two rounds of severe storms came through the Kansas City metro area on back to back nights, both taking place late in the evening and lasting through the overnight hours.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →A series of mesoscale convective systems (MCS) developed over the Plains and moved eastward into the Ozarks during the early morning hours each day of the event.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A loosely organized cluster of thunderstorms gradually increased due to surface heating in the vicinity of a weak low pressure center over southern Missouri. These storms occurred in a moderately unstable environment, with around 1500 j/kg of cape.
Read the full account →Widespread showers and thunderstorms occurred during the morning hours. A 500 mb disturbance over north central Arkansas moved northeast, initiating heavy rain just north of an outflow boundary stretching from north central Arkansas into southern Oklahoma.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system became a cut-off low 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.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system became a cut-off low 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.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system became a cut-off low 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.
Read the full account →An extensive line of thunderstorms moved east-northeast in a region of strong wind shear and moderate instability. The storms occurred south of a warm front that extended from the St. Louis area eastward.
Read the full account →Rainfall from 2 to 21/2 inches caused localized flooding across Audrain County. A 17 year-old boy suffered minor injuries when the van he was driving was overtaken by floodwater on County Road 820.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon tracked from the Mississippi Coast into southwest Missouri. Widespread rainfall occurred over the Ozarks Region, with pockets of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon tracked from the Mississippi Coast into southwest Missouri. Widespread rainfall occurred over the Ozarks Region, with pockets of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon tracked from the Mississippi Coast into southwest Missouri. Widespread rainfall occurred over the Ozarks Region, with pockets of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon tracked from the Mississippi Coast into southwest Missouri. Widespread rainfall occurred over the Ozarks Region, with pockets of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon tracked from the Mississippi Coast into southwest Missouri. Widespread rainfall occurred over the Ozarks Region, with pockets of excessive rainfall leading to flash flooding.
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