2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rainfall during the latter half of February across the upper Plains sent the Mississippi River rising above flood stage by month's end. At Cape Girardeau, the river rose above the 32 foot flood stage on the 24th, and was near 37 feet by the end of the month.
Read the full account →Northwest and west-central Missouri were battered by three separate rounds of thunderstorms on June 27 and 28. The first cluster of storms moved through on the morning of the 27th, producing isolated incidents of wind damage.
Read the full account →A heavy rainfall event developed the morning of March 19th, and continued through the overnight hours of March 20th. Bands of rainfall produced between two and four inches over portions of south central Missouri during an 18 to 24 hour period.
Read the full account →A heavy rainfall event developed the morning of March 19th, and continued through the overnight hours of March 20th. Bands of rainfall produced between two and four inches over portions of south central Missouri during an 18 to 24 hour period.
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 →Significant flooding occurred on the Current River along its course through Carter and Ripley Counties. At Doniphan, where flood stage is 13 feet, the river crested at 20.6 feet. A gas station, car wash, and oil change shop within an eighth of a mile of the river were flooded.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the second week of August resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on August 9 around 930 pm CDT. It crested above the major flood stage level around 26.3 feet around 1 pm CDT August 12.
Read the full account →Storm total rainfall amounts ranged from one to six inches during the evening and overnight hours of 13 September into the morning of 14 September.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed over southwest Missouri during a 24 hour time period from 15 June to 16 June, 2009. This episode of hazardous weather was primarily a flash flood concern during the early morning of 15 June.
Read the full account →Excessive rain fell over extreme southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri during the morning and afternoon of 13 June. Storm total rainfall was greater than six inches in a few locations of Greene, Stone, and Christian counties.
Read the full account →This episode of severe weather and flooding occurred during the overnight period of 22 June, and into the morning hours of 23 June. A nocturnal low level jet developed over the southern and central Plains and interacted with a stalled front extending from east central Missouri…
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
Read the full account →The most impactful storm system to affect the region during the month of March began during the late afternoon and early evening of the 23rd as strong to severe thunderstorms trained along and north of a front that had stalled over northwest Arkansas and south central Missouri.
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