Flash Flood, St. Louis
- When
- August 23, 5:15 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Countywide
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Coordinates
- 38.641, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, August 23, 1996
Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches in 2 hours caused widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads across the county were closed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LSX wrote it up.
Rainfall of 2 to 4 inches in 2 hours caused widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads across the county were closed. A man was killed when his car was swept of a road by a flooded creek.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:16 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood, St. Louis | 1996-08-23 | 62 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 23, 1996
- Flood in Florida, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 23, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in California, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 23, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566311.