Flash Flood, Benton
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST to June 9, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, East Portion
- Coordinates
- 38.295, -93.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, June 8 to 9, 1998
Widespread one to three inch rainfall caused the flooding of low water crossings on numerous secondary roads and a few state highways.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 SGF wrote it up.
Widespread one to three inch rainfall caused the flooding of low water crossings on numerous secondary roads and a few state highways.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
Event by event
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Morgan
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST to June 9, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Morgan County, South Portion
- Coordinates
- 38.424, -92.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Miller
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST to June 9, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Miller County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 38.215, -92.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Maries
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST to June 9, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Maries County, West Portion
- Coordinates
- 38.162, -91.925 (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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 8 to 30, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 13, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 8, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, June 8, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 8 to 9, 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: 5658780, 5658781, 5658782, 5658783.