Flood, Cape Girardeau
- When
- June 19, 8:00 PM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, June 19 to 30, 1998
9 feet at Cape Girardeau on June 25. Flood stage there is 32 feet.
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 PAH wrote it up.
The Mississippi River crested at 35.9 feet at Cape Girardeau on June 25. Flood stage there is 32 feet. This resulted in minor to moderate flooding of agricultural bottomland.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Mississippi
- When
- June 19, 8:00 PM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Mississippi forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.828, -89.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Perry
- When
- June 19, 8:00 PM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.707, -89.824 (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
- Rip Current in Florida, June 19, 1998
- Heat in Louisiana, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 1998
- Tornado in Montana, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 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: 5659534, 5659535, 5659536.