2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Rainfall of at least 6 inches caused widespread flooding across the area. Numerous roads and bridges were either washed out or damaged by the water.
Read the full account →The flash flooding event on the 7th and early 8th, became a major flooding event across all of southern and central Missouri through the early afternoon of May 9th.
Read the full account →A couple of rounds of heavy rain in the Mississippi River Valley combined with melting snows from up north caused rises along the Mississippi River, leading to major flooding.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms brought damaging straight-line winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flooding to the Missouri Ozarks from May 27th into the early morning hours of May 28th. Over 130 reports of severe weather and flooding were received from the Missouri Ozarks.
Read the full account →A warm front pushed into the northern part of the Mid-South during the late evening on April 27, 2014 and the early morning hours of April 28, 2014.
Read the full account →The flash flooding event on the 7th and early 8th, became a major flooding event across all of southern and central Missouri through the early afternoon of May 9th.
Read the full account →A complex of strong to severe thunderstorms developed over the southwestern portions of the Lake of the Ozarks region during the afternoon and early evening of April 19th and moved slowly eastward over Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps and Pulaski counties.
Read the full account →The most serious flooding struck Wayne, Bollinger, and Cape Girardeau Counties, where 4 to 8 inches of rain fell, mostly in a 12-hour period. The highest totals were in northern Bollinger County, where radar estimates and unofficial measurements indicated up to 8 inches fell.
Read the full account →The flash flooding event on the 7th and early 8th, became a major flooding event across all of southern and central Missouri through the early afternoon of May 9th.
Read the full account →The flash flooding event on the 7th and early 8th, became a major flooding event across all of southern and central Missouri through the early afternoon of May 9th.
Read the full account →The flash flooding event on the 7th and early 8th, became a major flooding event across all of southern and central Missouri through the early afternoon of May 9th.
Read the full account →Torrential rainfall amounts from 6 to 12 inches occurred over a two-day period, causing an historic flood event. A very slow-moving cold front over southwest Illinois and southeast Missouri provided the focus for prolonged heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →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 →An extraordinary flood took place on the Mississippi River in June, resulting from two major rainfall events in Wisconsin and Iowa. The Wisconsin flooding resulted from two separate events, totaling more than 10 inches of rain over most of the southern third of the state.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall developed over southern Missouri during the evening of 17 March. A line of training convection assumed a position roughly along a line from Anderson to Ozark to Licking.
Read the full account →Several large clusters of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front as it moved south into southeast Missouri during the heat of the afternoon. Winds aloft were rather weak.
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