Flash Flood, Vernon
- When
- September 14, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Vernon County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.851, -94.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Missouri, September 14, 1998
Rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches produced generally minor flooding of low lying roads and bridges.
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.
Rainfall amounts of 4 to 6 inches produced generally minor flooding of low lying roads and bridges.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:59 UTC.
Event by event
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, St. Clair
- When
- September 14, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Clair County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.037, -93.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Jasper
- When
- September 14, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.204, -94.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Newton
- When
- September 14, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.906, -94.339 (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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 14, 1998
- Heat in West Virginia, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 14, 1998
- Heat in Ohio, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Heat in Kentucky, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Heat in Virginia, September 14 to 15, 1998
- Flood in Oklahoma, September 14 to 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, September 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: 5671970, 5671971, 5671972, 5671973.