Flash Flood, Miller
- When
- June 28, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miller County, Eldon
- Coordinates
- 38.215, -92.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, June 28, 1997
Heavy rainfall of between two and three inches caused flooding in low water crossings across northwest sections of the county.
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
- 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.
Heavy rainfall of between two and three inches caused flooding in low water crossings across northwest sections of the county.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 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
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, June 28, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 28 to 29, 1997
- Hail in Texas, June 28, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 28, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 28 to 29, 1997
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 1997
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: 5598699.