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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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Howard, MO · Jun 1, 2019

Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.

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Cooper, MO · Jun 1, 2019

Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.

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Holt, MO · Jun 1, 2019

Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.

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Buchanan, MO · Jun 1, 2019

Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.

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Carroll, MO · Jun 1, 2019

Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.

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Laclede, MO · Jan 18, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Barry, MO · Jan 18, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Lawrence, MO · Jan 18, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Benton, MO · Jan 18, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Douglas, MO · Jan 17, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Morgan, MO · Jan 17, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Greene, MO · Jan 17, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Webster, MO · Jan 18, 2020

Southwest flow aloft brought several upper level disturbances to the region which interacted with a cold air mass to produce periods of rain and freezing rain from the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 18th.

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Cape Girardeau, MO · May 6, 2022

During the first week of the month, two storm systems moved out of the southern Plains. Scattered showers and thunderstorms brought around an inch of rain on average, while a few locations received up to 2.5 inches.

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Wayne, MO · Feb 7, 1999

Heavy rain over the hilly terrain of central Missouri caused the St. Francis River to flood in the vicinity of Patterson. At Patterson, where flood stage is 16 feet, the river crested at 22.34 feet around 230 A.M. on the 8th.

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New Madrid, MO · Feb 24, 2018

Localized flash flooding and a couple of tornadoes occurred across southeast Missouri. A narrow swath of torrential rainfall occurred from Cape Girardeau southwest across Poplar Bluff, where water rescues were conducted.

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Christian, MO · Aug 30, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north…

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Howell, MO · Aug 20, 2018

August 19-20���a rapidly deepening low pressure system tracked from south central Kansas to southwest Iowa. Unseasonably strong wind shear led to the development of severe storms with heavy rainfall across southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri during the late afternoon…

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Greene, MO · Aug 10, 2018

Severe pulse storms occurred across the area on an afternoon basis from August 7-11. The most impactful afternoon/evening occurred on August 10 when severe pulse storms affected the Springfield metropolitan area.

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Douglas, MO · Aug 29, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north…

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Christian, MO · Aug 29, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north…

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Webster, MO · Aug 29, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north…

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Phelps, MO · Aug 29, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north…

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Wright, MO · Aug 29, 2018

August 28-30���Showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storm Images show rainfall accumulations development on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north…

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