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 thunderstorms occurred on May 8, 2024. The first round occurred during the morning and early afternoon hours as a surface low pressure system approached the area from the southwest, pushing a strong frontal boundary and shortwave energy/lift into the region.
Read the full account →Two rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 8, 2024. The first round occurred during the morning and early afternoon hours as a surface low pressure system approached the area from the southwest, pushing a strong frontal boundary and shortwave energy/lift into the region.
Read the full account →Two rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 8, 2024. The first round occurred during the morning and early afternoon hours as a surface low pressure system approached the area from the southwest, pushing a strong frontal boundary and shortwave energy/lift into the region.
Read the full account →Two rounds of severe thunderstorms occurred on May 8, 2024. The first round occurred during the morning and early afternoon hours as a surface low pressure system approached the area from the southwest, pushing a strong frontal boundary and shortwave energy/lift into the region.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective vortex was situated over the border of southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri during the early afternoon hours on May 31, 2024 before slowly continuing to push northeast over the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon/evening and into the overnight…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary over northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas on August 15, 2024, with thunderstorms developing just north of and along Interstate 44 by the evening.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of training heavy rain along a slow moving frontal boundary affected Southern and Eastern Missouri from the 4th through the 6th of November. Western fringes of the WFO Paducah county warning area in Carter County received 4-6 inches of rainfall in this span.
Read the full account →Overnight on Sunday, November 3rd, a shield of rain and thunderstorms moved into the bi-state area. By Monday morning, persistent rainfall resulted in fatal flash flooding in southeast Missouri, with one fatality occurring in Iron County.
Read the full account →Overnight on Sunday, November 3rd, a shield of rain and thunderstorms moved into the bi-state area. By Monday morning, persistent rainfall resulted in fatal flash flooding in southeast Missouri, with one fatality occurring in Iron County.
Read the full account →The second major severe weather outbreak for the month occurred on the 26th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a shortwave trough centered in the middle of the country with a 60 kt mid-level jet moved across northern Arkansas.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough approached the Missouri Ozarks on May 25, 2024, priming the atmosphere for moderate instability and sufficient deep layer shear.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough approached the Missouri Ozarks on May 25, 2024, priming the atmosphere for moderate instability and sufficient deep layer shear.
Read the full account →A shortwave trough approached the Missouri Ozarks on May 25, 2024, priming the atmosphere for moderate instability and sufficient deep layer shear.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective vortex was situated over the border of southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri during the early afternoon hours on May 31, 2024 before slowly continuing to push northeast over the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon/evening and into the overnight…
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective vortex was situated over the border of southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri during the early afternoon hours on May 31, 2024 before slowly continuing to push northeast over the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon/evening and into the overnight…
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms brought damaging wind, large hail, and five tornadoes to the Missouri Ozarks from the evening of April 1st to the early morning hours of April 2nd. A tornado that occurred near Fair Grove was rated in EF-1.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms brought damaging wind, large hail, and five tornadoes to the Missouri Ozarks from the evening of April 1st to the early morning hours of April 2nd. A tornado that occurred near Fair Grove was rated in EF-1.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms brought damaging wind, large hail, and five tornadoes to the Missouri Ozarks from the evening of April 1st to the early morning hours of April 2nd. A tornado that occurred near Fair Grove was rated in EF-1.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary over northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas on August 15, 2024, with thunderstorms developing just north of and along Interstate 44 by the evening.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary over northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas on August 15, 2024, with thunderstorms developing just north of and along Interstate 44 by the evening.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed along a boundary over northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas on August 15, 2024, with thunderstorms developing just north of and along Interstate 44 by the evening.
Read the full account →The second major severe weather outbreak for the month occurred on the 26th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a shortwave trough centered in the middle of the country with a 60 kt mid-level jet moved across northern Arkansas.
Read the full account →The second major severe weather outbreak for the month occurred on the 26th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a shortwave trough centered in the middle of the country with a 60 kt mid-level jet moved across northern Arkansas.
Read the full account →The second major severe weather outbreak for the month occurred on the 26th for the Quad State region. On the synoptic scale, a shortwave trough centered in the middle of the country with a 60 kt mid-level jet moved across northern Arkansas.
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