Flash Flood, Cole
- When
- July 26, 10:30 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cole County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.505, -92.282 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 26, 1998
Rainfall up to 6 inches caused widespread flooding across the area. Besides flooding of small streams and creeks, the Osage, Maries, and Gasconade Rivers all surged over their banks.
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
- $355,000
- 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 LSX wrote it up.
Rainfall up to 6 inches caused widespread flooding across the area. Besides flooding of small streams and creeks, the Osage, Maries, and Gasconade Rivers all surged over their banks. A construction crane being used to build a new bridge over the Osage River was ripped from its moorings and washed about 2 miles downstream. Countless gravel roads across the area suffered significant wash-out damage.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:31 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Moniteau
- When
- July 26, 10:30 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moniteau County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $350,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.633, -92.583 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Osage
- When
- July 26, 10:30 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.460, -91.862 (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
- Heat in Oregon, July 26 to 28, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 26, 1998
- Flooding in Missouri, July 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kansas, July 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 26, 1998
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 26, 1998
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 26, 1998
More
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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: 5663380, 5663381, 5663382.