Flash Flood, Shannon
- When
- March 19, 3:45 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shannon County, 5 mi NE of Winona
- Coordinates
- 37.157, -91.400 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain caused flooding of Highway H along Rocky Creek.
Flash Flood in Missouri, March 19, 1998
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:42 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Florida, March 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 27, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 19 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 19 to 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, March 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: 5633341.