Missouri, 1998Tornado and Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 30, 1998
July 30, 1998 · NWS MEG · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
2 flash flood, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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.
Flash Flood, Dunklin
- When
- July 30, 2:15 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dunklin County, Kennett
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.106, -90.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous streets in Kennett were flooded.
Tornado, Pemiscot
- When
- July 30, 2:15 AM CST to 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot County, Caruthersville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.180, -89.650
A tornado briefly touched producing little damage.
Flash Flood, Pemiscot
- When
- July 30, 3:25 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pemiscot County, Caruthersville
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 36.211, -89.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several businesses in Caruthersville had up to 6 inches of water in them. A few roads were flooded as well.
- 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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 30, 19981 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, July 30, 1998$153,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 30, 1998$200,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, July 30, 19981 injured · $63,000 · 0.88 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 30, 1998$90,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 30, 1998$45,000 · 4 events
- Flood in Florida, July 30, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Flood in Maryland, July 30, 1998$40,000 · F0 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, July 30, 1998$26,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 30, 1998$20,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 30, 1998$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 30, 1998$20,000 · 1 event
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: 5662194, 5662195, 5662196.