Flash Flood, Barry
- When
- August 7, 10:23 PM CST
- Where
- Barry County, Cassville
- Coordinates
- 36.710, -93.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, August 7, 1996
50 inches of rain in one hour in the the town of Cassville. Flat Creek flooded sending water over Highway 248.
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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms dumped 1.50 inches of rain in one hour in the the town of Cassville. Flat Creek flooded sending water over Highway 248.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Tornado in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 7, 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: 5567226.