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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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Shannon, MO · Mar 3, 2023

Showers and thunderstorms developed over northwest Arkansas during the late morning of the 2nd and moved northeastward while expanding in coverage and intensity during the afternoon and evening as a strong upper level trough moved northeastward from west Texas toward the…

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New Madrid, MO · Mar 3, 2023

A strong storm system led to significant impacts. Heavy rainfall amounts of 3 to 4.5 inches produced flash flooding of a few creeks and roads. Small rivers such as the Black, Current, and St. Francis experienced minor flooding.

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Carter, MO · Mar 24, 2023

A nearly stationary front draped itself from central Texas northeast through the Ohio River Valley and produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall.

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Wayne, MO · Mar 24, 2023

A nearly stationary front draped itself from central Texas northeast through the Ohio River Valley and produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall.

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Bollinger, MO · Mar 24, 2023

A nearly stationary front draped itself from central Texas northeast through the Ohio River Valley and produced multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some with very heavy rainfall.

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Oregon, MO · Jul 13, 2023

Storms developed over central Missouri and southeast Kansas ahead of an approaching cold front during the evening of the 12th and moved across southwest and south central Missouri through the early morning of the 13th.

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Oregon, MO · Jul 14, 2023

Storms developed over eastern Oklahoma and southeast Kansas during the evening of the 13th and moved along the Missouri and Arkansas border during the early morning of the 14th. The strongest storms produced up to ping-pong ball sized hail over Oregon County.

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Cape Girardeau, MO · Aug 3, 2023

Northwest to southeast oriented bands of thunderstorms moved southeast, training over the same areas for several hours. A strong and very moist low-level wind flow fed the storms, with 850 mb winds generally from 35 to 40 knots.

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Bollinger, MO · Aug 3, 2023

Northwest to southeast oriented bands of thunderstorms moved southeast, training over the same areas for several hours. A strong and very moist low-level wind flow fed the storms, with 850 mb winds generally from 35 to 40 knots.

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Scott, MO · Aug 3, 2023

Northwest to southeast oriented bands of thunderstorms moved southeast, training over the same areas for several hours. A strong and very moist low-level wind flow fed the storms, with 850 mb winds generally from 35 to 40 knots.

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Oregon, MO · Jul 13, 2023

Storms developed over central Missouri and southeast Kansas ahead of an approaching cold front during the evening of the 12th and moved across southwest and south central Missouri through the early morning of the 13th.

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Cape Girardeau, MO · Aug 4, 2023

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed over southeast Missouri during the night of the 3rd. These southeastward-moving storms gradually morphed into an area of widespread moderate rainfall with isolated embedded storms through the morning of the…

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New Madrid, MO · Aug 4, 2023

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed over southeast Missouri during the night of the 3rd. These southeastward-moving storms gradually morphed into an area of widespread moderate rainfall with isolated embedded storms through the morning of the…

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Scotland, MO · Aug 4, 2023

A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri.

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Scotland, MO · Aug 4, 2023

A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri.

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Clark, MO · Aug 4, 2023

A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri.

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Clark, MO · Aug 5, 2023

A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri.

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Clark, MO · Aug 5, 2023

A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri.

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Newton, MO · Aug 13, 2023

A strongly forced line of storms moved across the plains and into the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon into the evening. As the storms moved into the region severe storms produced widespread wind damage with winds measured as high as 61 mph.

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Newton, MO · Aug 13, 2023

A strongly forced line of storms moved across the plains and into the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon into the evening. As the storms moved into the region severe storms produced widespread wind damage with winds measured as high as 61 mph.

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Newton, MO · Aug 13, 2023

A strongly forced line of storms moved across the plains and into the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon into the evening. As the storms moved into the region severe storms produced widespread wind damage with winds measured as high as 61 mph.

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Pulaski, MO · Aug 14, 2023

A strongly forced line of storms moved across the plains and into the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon into the evening. As the storms moved into the region severe storms produced widespread wind damage with winds measured as high as 61 mph.

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Newton, MO · Aug 13, 2023

A strongly forced line of storms moved across the plains and into the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon into the evening. As the storms moved into the region severe storms produced widespread wind damage with winds measured as high as 61 mph.

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Lawrence, MO · Aug 13, 2023

A strongly forced line of storms moved across the plains and into the Missouri Ozarks during the late afternoon into the evening. As the storms moved into the region severe storms produced widespread wind damage with winds measured as high as 61 mph.

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