Flash Flood, Lawrence
- When
- August 13, 11:30 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.106, -93.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 13, 1998
Thunderstorms produced flash flooding on several roads in Lawrence County. County law enforcement reported a couple of vehicles washed off the road along Highway 97 in Lawrence County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $5,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced flash flooding on several roads in Lawrence County. County law enforcement reported a couple of vehicles washed off the road along Highway 97 in Lawrence County. Flooding was also reported on Chestnut Expressway near Interstate 44 in Springfield (Greene County).
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:27 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Greene
- When
- August 13, 12:45 PM CST to 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Springfield
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.258, -93.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 13 to 18, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, August 13 to 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 13, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1998
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Delaware, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 13, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 13, 1998
- Hail in North Dakota, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 13, 1998
- Waterspout in Hawaii, August 13, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, August 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: 5666009, 5666008.