Flash Flood in Missouri, May 6, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in Missouri, May 6, 1998
Start: 1998-05-06T23:30
End: 1998-05-06T23:30
Location: Missouri

May 6, 1998 · NWS SGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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The toll

Deaths: 2
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), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Douglas

When: May 6, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 1 mi NE of Ann
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 36.933, -92.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A young man and woman died when their truck was washed off Highway EE at the North Fork of the White River. The flooded section of Highway EE was at the bottom of a hill at the river. The truck ran into the water and apparently stalled and then was washed off. One inch of rain occurred in the area that evening on top of an already saturated ground from the previous days rain.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Flash Flood, Douglas	1998-05-06	19	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Direct
Flash Flood, Douglas	1998-05-06	19	Female	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Direct

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Missouri in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, May 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: 5645482.