Flash Flood, Shannon
- When
- May 30, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Shannon County, Alley Spring
- Coordinates
- 37.157, -91.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, May 30, 1997
Rainfall of up to 3 inches in less than two hours caused rapid rises along rivers and creeks in the county. The National Park Service Ranger Station at Alley Spring was flooded.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
Rainfall of up to 3 inches in less than two hours caused rapid rises along rivers and creeks in the county. The National Park Service Ranger Station at Alley Spring was flooded.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:17 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.
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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: 5601074.