Flood, Livingston
- When
- April 23, 12:00 AM CST to April 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.782, -93.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, April 23 to 26, 1997
An additional inch of rain across parts of Northwest Missouri on the 23rd helped push the already swollen Grand River above flood stage on the 23 rd through the 26th.Grand RiverChillicothe, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/23 to 4/24Crest 25.61 ft on 4/23Sumner, MOFlood Stage 26 ftAbove…
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 EAX wrote it up.
An additional inch of rain across parts of Northwest Missouri on the 23rd helped push the already swollen Grand River above flood stage on the 23 rd through the 26th.Grand RiverChillicothe, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/23 to 4/24Crest 25.61 ft on 4/23Sumner, MOFlood Stage 26 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/23 through 4/26Crest 32.13 ft on 4/23Brunswick, MOFlood Stage 19 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/23 though 4/26Crest 21.55 ft on 4/24
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Chariton
- When
- April 23, 12:00 AM CST to April 26, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.515, -92.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 23, 1997
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: 5584676, 5584677.