1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 151 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:27 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
At the Poplar Bluff automated observing station, 1.34 inches of rain fell in 40 minutes, with almost 2.5 inches in two hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 1998
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: 5661745.