Flash Flood, Boone
- When
- July 4, 8:00 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, Central Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.991, -92.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 4, 1998
Rainfall of 2 to 6 inches caused scattered flooding across the area. Many county roads and low-water crossings became impassable.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 of 2 to 6 inches caused scattered flooding across the area. Many county roads and low-water crossings became impassable. Several streets and intersections in Columbia were covered with water ranging from 6 inches to 2 feet.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:02 UTC.
Event by event
5 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Callaway
- When
- July 4, 8:00 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Callaway County, West Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.836, -91.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Cole
- When
- July 4, 8:00 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cole County, North Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.505, -92.282 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Moniteau
- When
- July 4, 8:00 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Moniteau County, East Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.633, -92.583 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Osage
- When
- July 4, 8:00 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Osage County, Southeast Portion
- 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
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 4, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Dakota, July 4 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 4, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, July 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Kansas, July 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 4, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 4, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, July 4, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 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: 5663135, 5663136, 5663137, 5663138, 5663139.