2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Widespread flooding continued from April into May across southeast Missouri. Following excessive rain in April, a final dose of heavy rain came between April 30 and May 2. Numerous rounds of showers and thunderstorms produced additional average rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall in March set the stage for major flooding when record-setting rains fell in April and May. At Cape Girardeau, 31.85 inches of rain fell between March and May.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River began its upward trend toward historic flooding. The river rose above flood stage late in the month. A series of heavy rainfall events gradually forced the river upward at an unsteady rate. The river continued rising past the end of the month.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved east into the Great Lakes region on June 4th, dragging a frontal boundary into the Mississippi River Valley Region. Some scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across areas south of I 80 during the late afternoon and evening.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms containing very heavy rainfall over West Central Missouri on October 4th resulted in several episodes of major flash flooding. The most deadly and costly flooding occurred in Jackson County where nine people lost their lives on the evening of October 4th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over eastern Kansas and west central Missouri during the late afternoon hours of June 20th. The storms moved south into southwest Missouri during the evening and overnight hours.
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 →A cluster of slow moving thunderstorms moved across northern Howell county producing three to four inches of rain in less than two hours. In addition to the intense localized band of three to four inches, a broad area of one to two inches fell over all of northern Howell county…
Read the full account →Rainfall estimated as high as 6 inches caused widespread flash flooding across the area. Numerous roads became impassable as nearly every creek and small stream flooded. Two men suffered minor injuries near Hurdland in Knox County when they drove their truck into a flooded road.
Read the full account →This was the 9th and final severe weather episode that concluded an active 6 day period across Eastern Iowa, Northern Illinois, and Northeast Missouri.
Read the full account →An unusual mid winter tornado outbreak occurred over southwest and central Missouri. 31 tornadoes struck the region within a 15 hour time frame on 7 January into early morning 8 January. Two tornadoes intensified to EF-3 status while five tornadoes caused EF-2 damage.
Read the full account →An unusual mid winter tornado outbreak occurred over southwest and central Missouri. 31 tornadoes struck the region within a 15 hour time frame on 7 January into early morning 8 January. Two tornadoes intensified to EF-3 status while five tornadoes caused EF-2 damage.
Read the full account →Repeated development of storms along and north of an advancing warm front led to a large swath of greater than three inches of rain south of a line from Stockton to West Plains. This excessive rain occurred on wet soil conditions from record rainfall in February and March.
Read the full account →A warm front slowly lifted northward from central Missouri into eastern Iowa and northern Illinois May 12th and 13th. Several rounds of showers and thunderstorms moved across the area producing widespread torrential rains.
Read the full account →A slow-moving cold front passed across the region between the 20th and 22nd. Several upper level disturbances moved north-northeast along the front, touching off numerous showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms occurred during the early morning hours across central Missouri, producing localized flash flooding. A larger complex of thunderstorms with severe winds moved through southwest Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of June 29th, producing widespread…
Read the full account →The Mississippi River was above flood stage all month at Cape Girardeau. It crested at 40.6 feet on May 17, which is 8.6 feet over flood stage at Cape Girardeau. Most of the damage was to cropland.
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