Flood, Buchanan
- When
- April 8, 12:00 AM CST to April 9, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.660, -94.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, April 8 to 18, 1998
11 ft on 4/10Missouri RiverSt.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- 10
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.
Minor river flooding resulted from heavy thunderstorm rains during mid April in Northwest and North Central Missouri.South Grand RiverUrich, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/15 to 4/18 on 4/15Crest 26.2 ftPlatte RiverAgency, MOFlood Stage 20 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/8 to 4/9Crest 22.09 ft on 4/9Sharps Station, MOFlood Stage 26 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/10Crest 26.51 ft on 4/10Platte City, MOFlood Stage 20 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/10Crest 20.37 ftGrand RiverChillicothe, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/10Crest Estimated 24.0 ft on 4/9Sumner, MOFlood Stage 26 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/8 to 4/15 Crest 31.05 ft on 4/9Brunswick, MOFlood Stage 19 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/11Crest 20.11 ft on 4/10Missouri RiverSt. Joseph, MOFlood Stage 17 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/8 to 4/11Crest 19.28 ft on 4/9Sibley, MOFlood Stage 22 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/11Crest 23.7 ft on 4/10Napoleon, MOFlood Stage 17 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/12Crest 19.51 ft on 4/10Waverly, MOFlood Stage 20 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/13Crest 22.64 ft on 4/10Miami, MOFlood Stage 18 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/9 to 4/13Crest NAGlasgow, MOFlood Stage 25 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/10 to 4/11Crest 25.63 ft on 4/11Boonville, MOFlood Stage 21 ftAbove Flood Stage 4/10 to 4/16Crest 22.95 ft on 4/11
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Chariton
- When
- April 8, 12:00 AM CST to April 15, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Chariton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.515, -92.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Platte
- When
- April 9, 12:00 AM CST to April 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.381, -94.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Livingston
- When
- April 9, 12:00 AM CST to April 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.782, -93.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Jackson
- When
- April 9, 12:00 AM CST to April 11, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lafayette
- When
- April 9, 12:00 AM CST to April 12, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.066, -93.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Saline
- When
- April 9, 12:00 AM CST to April 13, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.137, -93.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Howard
- When
- April 10, 12:00 AM CST to April 11, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Howard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.143, -92.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Cooper
- When
- April 10, 12:00 AM CST to April 16, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.844, -92.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Clinton
- When
- April 15, 12:00 AM CST to April 18, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.602, -94.405 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 1998
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: 5639192, 5639195, 5639193, 5639194, 5639196, 5639197, 5639198, 5639199, 5639200, 5639191.