Name: Flooding in Missouri, March 8 to 13, 1998
Start: 1998-03-08T00:00
End: 1998-03-13T23:59
Location: Missouri

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 EAX wrote it up.

Heavy rain and snow on March 8th resulted in minor to moderate river flooding.South Grand RiverUrich, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/12Crest 26.7 ft on 3/8Big CreekBlairstown, MOFlood Stage 20 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/9Crest 23.2 ft on 3/8Wakenda CreekCarrollton, MOFlood Stage 20 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/9Crest 21.9 ft on 3/9Grand RiverSumner, MOFlood Stage 26 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/10Crest 30.95 ft on 3/9Brunswick, MOFlood Stage 19 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/9Crest Estimated 19.0 ftPetite Saline CreekBoonville, MOFlood Stage 16 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/9Crest 18.81 ft on 3/8Blackwater RiverValley City, MOFlood Stage 22 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/9Crest Estimated 27.3 ftBlue Lick, MOFlood Stage 24 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/13Crest 30.23 ft on 3/11Lamine RiverOtterville, MOFlood Stage 15 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/9Crest 18.32 ft on 3/9Moniteau CreekFayette, MOFlood Stage 16 ftAbove Flood Stage 3/8 to 3/9Crest 16.2 on 3/8

The radar

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Event by event

7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Henry

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 12, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.385, -93.793 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Carroll

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 9, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.427, -93.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Chariton

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 10, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Chariton forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.515, -92.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Cooper

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 9, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cooper forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.844, -92.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Johnson

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 9, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Coordinates: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Saline

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 13, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.137, -93.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Howard

When: March 8, 12:00 AM CST to March 9, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Coordinates: 39.143, -92.696 (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

More

Every storm in Missouri in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5634725, 5634726, 5634727, 5634728, 5634729, 5634730, 5634731.