2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rain of 2 to 5 inches caused flash flooding across the county. Numerous businesses in Houston sustained flood damage including a bowling alley and an apartment complex. The apartment complex had to be evacuated for a short time.
Read the full account →A cold front and associated upper level trough moved through the Missouri Ozarks region. Severe storms with some supercells developed and moved through the Missouri Ozarks with damaging winds, large hail, and several tornadoes were reported.
Read the full account →At Marble Hill in Bollinger County, flash flooding of Crooked Creek inundated a residential area. Although this flooding was on a lesser scale than the May 12-13 flooding, several people were evacuated. Several gravel roads were washed out in the county.
Read the full account →Storms moved through Southeast Missouri during the late afternoon and early evening hours as a cold front crossed the region. A couple storms produced wind damage. Effective bulk shear was 30-35 kts while MLCAPE was 3000-4000 J/kg ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms developed in an area of uncapped elevated instability over southeast Kansas on July 11, 2024 and moved into southwest Missouri during the early morning of July 12.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms developed in an area of uncapped elevated instability over southeast Kansas on July 11, 2024 and moved into southwest Missouri during the early morning of July 12.
Read the full account →A strong storm system pushed into the area during the afternoon of May 19, 2025 and persisted into the evening and overnight hours.�� This system produced 8 tornadoes across the area, along with widespread wind damage and between 1 and 5 inches of rainfall.�� The intense…
Read the full account →A strong storm system pushed into the area during the afternoon of May 19, 2025 and persisted into the evening and overnight hours.�� This system produced 8 tornadoes across the area, along with widespread wind damage and between 1 and 5 inches of rainfall.�� The intense…
Read the full account →A strong storm system pushed into the area during the afternoon of May 19, 2025 and persisted into the evening and overnight hours.�� This system produced 8 tornadoes across the area, along with widespread wind damage and between 1 and 5 inches of rainfall.�� The intense…
Read the full account →A strong storm system pushed into the area during the afternoon of May 19, 2025 and persisted into the evening and overnight hours.�� This system produced 8 tornadoes across the area, along with widespread wind damage and between 1 and 5 inches of rainfall.�� The intense…
Read the full account →Surface low pressure developed over western Arkansas, with a warm front arcing east-northeast toward the lower Ohio Valley. Very small amounts of instability near the warm front were sufficient for narrow lines of convective rain showers.
Read the full account →The Mississippi River remained in flood through the month of May along the border of Marion and Pike counties. The river started at major flood levels, dropped to minor flooding by the middle of the month, but then rose to major levels again at the end of May.
Read the full account →During the early morning hours of June 20 a low pressure system located over central Kansas with a front extending into Iowa produced heavy rain-producing showers and thunderstorms across southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and west central Illinois.
Read the full account →The Current, Black, and St. Francis Rivers rose above flood stage late in the month. A series of heavy rainfall events gradually forced the rivers upward at an unsteady rate. Another round of heavy rain in early May sent some of the rivers to record high flood crests.
Read the full account →During the afternoon of August 12th, thunderstorms developed along an axis of weak surface convergence. The environment they existed in was conducive for gusty winds and heavy rain. In St.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin produced significant flash flooding along a line from northern Jasper County to northern Laclede County. Numerous roads were washed out across Lawrence, Greene, Polk, Dallas, and Webster counties. This prompted several water rescues.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the third week of June resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on June 22 around 530 am. It crested around 22.8 feet around 7 am June 22.
Read the full account →During the morning of October 10, a band of very heavy rainfall fell over portions of southwest Missouri. It produced a swath of four to eight inches of rainfall in a narrow band from Northwestern Newton County, northeast across Southern Jasper, Northern Lawrence, Southeast…
Read the full account →A large area of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms persisted for an extended period of time, producing up to an inch of rain per hour. Rainfall totals were around 3 inches on average, with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →A large area of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms persisted for an extended period of time, producing up to an inch of rain per hour. Rainfall totals were around 3 inches on average, with locally higher amounts.
Read the full account →The most serious flooding struck Wayne, Bollinger, and Cape Girardeau Counties, where 4 to 8 inches of rain fell, mostly in a 12-hour period. The highest totals were in northern Bollinger County, where radar estimates and unofficial measurements indicated up to 8 inches fell.
Read the full account →High water was reported on many roads in Van Buren, and numerous creeks were out of their banks. Several people near the town of Fremont in Carter County were evacuated by boat. Rock and mud slides were reported on U.S. Highway 60 near Ellsinore.
Read the full account →The most serious flooding struck Wayne, Bollinger, and Cape Girardeau Counties, where 4 to 8 inches of rain fell, mostly in a 12-hour period. The highest totals were in northern Bollinger County, where radar estimates and unofficial measurements indicated up to 8 inches fell.
Read the full account →Storms developed in a moist to near tropical atmosphere along a warm front from Dubuque, Iowa to Falls City, Nebraska, and ahead of a cold front in western Iowa.
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