2,894 first-hand accounts of flood events in Missouri, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving upper level disturbance that tracked eastward across the southern Plains into the lower and middle Mississippi Valley from the 2nd to the early morning of the 3rd.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving upper level disturbance that tracked eastward across the southern Plains into the lower and middle Mississippi Valley from the 2nd to the early morning of the 3rd.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving upper level disturbance that tracked eastward across the southern Plains into the lower and middle Mississippi Valley from the 2nd to the early morning of the 3rd.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a slow moving upper level disturbance that tracked eastward across the southern Plains into the lower and middle Mississippi Valley from the 2nd to the early morning of the 3rd.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the second week of June resulted in the Des Moines River at St. Francisville going above the moderate flood stage level of 22 feet on June 13 around 12 pm. It crested around 22.2 feet around 7 pm June 13.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Ike moved across Northeast Arkansas into Southern Missouri. The storm weakened to a tropical depression as it moved northeast. Tropical storm force winds occurred over the Missouri Bootheel as a result.
Read the full account →Heavy rains during the third week of July resulted in the Des Moines River at Wayland going above the moderate flood stage level of 18 feet around 240 pm CDT July 20. It crested around 19.4 feet around 7 am CDT July 21.
Read the full account →A front approached southern Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of September 23. Several thunderstorms developed and moved across the area. Some storms produced damaging winds in Dallas and Webster counties.
Read the full account →A front approached southern Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of September 23. Several thunderstorms developed and moved across the area. Some storms produced damaging winds in Dallas and Webster counties.
Read the full account →A front approached southern Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of September 23. Several thunderstorms developed and moved across the area. Some storms produced damaging winds in Dallas and Webster counties.
Read the full account →A front approached southern Missouri during the afternoon and evening hours of September 23. Several thunderstorms developed and moved across the area. Some storms produced damaging winds in Dallas and Webster counties.
Read the full account →Through the day of April 1, a warm front left much of the area in a warm, moist, and increasingly unstable airmass. This environment supported multiple waves of severe thunderstorms from the evening of April 1st through the early morning of April 2nd.
Read the full account →A large cluster of low top showers and thunderstorms moved slowly over portions of south central Missouri during the early morning hours of November 18th. This heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding of small creeks and streams over highways and county roads.
Read the full account →A large cluster of low top showers and thunderstorms moved slowly over portions of south central Missouri during the early morning hours of November 18th. This heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding of small creeks and streams over highways and county roads.
Read the full account →A large cluster of low top showers and thunderstorms moved slowly over portions of south central Missouri during the early morning hours of November 18th. This heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding of small creeks and streams over highways and county roads.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
Read the full account →A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from storms earlier in the week.
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