Flash Flood, Boone
- When
- October 5, 9:00 AM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.991, -92.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5, 1998
Rainfall of 3-5 inches caused widespread flooding of roads. In Callaway County, virtually all county roads from Holts Summit to Portland flooded.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 LSX wrote it up.
Rainfall of 3-5 inches caused widespread flooding of roads. In Callaway County, virtually all county roads from Holts Summit to Portland flooded. Highway 94 near Mokane went underwater, as did Highway Z near Calwood. Highways E, M, PP and Y also had water over the roads. The story was similar in Boone County. Some of the roads that became impassable included Bonne Femme Church, Rangeline, Blackfoot, Jemerson Creek, Hillcreek, St. Charles, Wilcox, Stone, Bush Landing, River Road between Hartsburg and Wilton, Easley River, and the Rocheport Gravel Road.
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 145 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Callaway
- When
- October 5, 9:00 AM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Callaway County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.836, -91.926 (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 in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, October 5, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, October 5, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Flooding in Kansas, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, October 5 to 6, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 5, 1998
- Blizzard in Wyoming, October 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5671870, 5671871.