Flood, Cooper
- When
- February 11, 12:00 AM CST to February 12, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.844, -92.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, February 11 to 13, 1998
Minor flooding occurred along the Petite Saline Creek, Blackwater River and Lamine River in Northcentral Missouri duirng February 1998.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 flooding occurred along the Petite Saline Creek, Blackwater River and Lamine River in Northcentral Missouri duirng February 1998. Petite Saline CreekBoonville, MOFlood Stage 16 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/11-2/12Crest 19.2 ft on 2/12Blackwater RiverValley City, MO Flood Stage 22 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/11-2/12Crest Estimated 22.5 ft on 2/12Blue Lick, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/12-2/13Crest 24.26 ft on 2/12Lamine RiverOtterville, MO Flood Stage 15 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/11Crest 15.47 ft
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Johnson
- When
- February 11, 12:00 AM CST to February 12, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Saline
- When
- February 12, 12:00 AM CST to February 13, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.137, -93.202 (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
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, February 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 11, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, February 11, 1998
- High Wind in Tennessee, February 11, 1998
- Hail in South Carolina, February 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 11, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 11, 1998
- High Wind in Arkansas, February 11, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, February 11, 1998
- High Wind in Arkansas, February 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 11, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 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: 5630299, 5630432, 5630433.