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Missouri Flood Stories

2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Stoddard, MO · May 26, 2024

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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Texas, MO · Aug 16, 2024

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.

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Douglas, MO · Aug 16, 2024

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.

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Carter, MO · May 26, 2024

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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Barry, MO · May 26, 2024

A shortwave trough approached the Missouri Ozarks on May 25, 2024, priming the atmosphere for moderate instability and sufficient deep layer shear.

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Carter, MO · Nov 6, 2024

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.

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Wayne, MO · Nov 4, 2024

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.

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Crawford, MO · Nov 5, 2024

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.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Jasper, MO · Apr 25, 2011

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across the Ozarks over the course of a week. A persistent trough over the central plains brought multiple upper level storm systems over the region which produced intense thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Polk, MO · Apr 25, 2011

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across the Ozarks over the course of a week. A persistent trough over the central plains brought multiple upper level storm systems over the region which produced intense thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Lawrence, MO · Apr 25, 2011

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across the Ozarks over the course of a week. A persistent trough over the central plains brought multiple upper level storm systems over the region which produced intense thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall.

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Flash Flood$250K damage

Phelps, MO · Apr 24, 2011

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across the Ozarks over the course of a week. A persistent trough over the central plains brought multiple upper level storm systems over the region which produced intense thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall.

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Flood$250K damage

Laclede, MO · Apr 24, 2011

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall across the Ozarks over the course of a week. A persistent trough over the central plains brought multiple upper level storm systems over the region which produced intense thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall.

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Cape Girardeau, MO · Dec 21, 2013

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.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Barton, MO · May 4, 1999

Thunderstorms produced a large area of 2 to 6 inch rainfall over central, south central, and southwest Missouri. The hardest hit areas were along the Kansas state line from Nevada to Joplin where some damage to roads occurred.

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Flood$40K damage

Ripley, MO · Jan 23, 2002

Thunderstorms repeatedly moved over the same corridor from Ripley County east-northeast across the Poplar Bluff area to Scott County. Over the course of a few hours, 3 to 5 inches of rain fell.

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Flood$40K damage

Stoddard, MO · May 8, 2002

On May 9, the St. Francis River rose to 25.6 feet at Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet. A second higher crest occurred on May 13, when the river crested at 31.1 feet. Downriver at Fisk, the river rose about a foot above the 20-foot flood stage on May 18.

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Flash Flood

Greene, MO · Jul 6, 2025

With a moist airmass in place over the region, afternoon pulse thunderstorms developed across southwestern Missouri producing localized wind damage and flooding.

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Flash Flood

Greene, MO · Jul 6, 2025

With a moist airmass in place over the region, afternoon pulse thunderstorms developed across southwestern Missouri producing localized wind damage and flooding.

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Flash Flood

Greene, MO · Jul 6, 2025

With a moist airmass in place over the region, afternoon pulse thunderstorms developed across southwestern Missouri producing localized wind damage and flooding.

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Flash Flood

Greene, MO · Jul 6, 2025

With a moist airmass in place over the region, afternoon pulse thunderstorms developed across southwestern Missouri producing localized wind damage and flooding.

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Greene, MO · Jul 6, 2025

With a moist airmass in place over the region, afternoon pulse thunderstorms developed across southwestern Missouri producing localized wind damage and flooding.

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Pulaski, MO · Jul 6, 2025

With a moist airmass in place over the region, afternoon pulse thunderstorms developed across southwestern Missouri producing localized wind damage and flooding.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Scotland, MO · Sep 13, 2008

A cold front stalled out across eastern Iowa September 13 while remnants from Pacific Hurricane Lowell and moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Ike moved across the region. Copious amounts of rain was the result over much of the Midwest.

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