Flood, Boone
- When
- August 27, 8:30 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County, Columbia
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.991, -92.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Missouri, August 27, 1998
Heavy rain caused some street flooding in Columbia. Some roads and intersections had water up to the bottom of cars.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
Heavy rain caused some street flooding in Columbia. Some roads and intersections had water up to the bottom of cars.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 27 to 28, 1998
- Heat in California, August 27, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 27, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, August 27, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 27, 1998
- Hail in North Dakota, August 27, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, August 27, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Dakota, August 27, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, August 27, 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: 5660709.