Flash Flood, McDonald
- When
- April 22, 6:25 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- McDonald County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 36.629, -94.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, April 22, 1999
Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced the flooding of low water crossings near Anderson and Happy Hollow.
Where it happened
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- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced the flooding of low water crossings near Anderson and Happy Hollow.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:26 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
- High Wind in Utah, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, April 22 to 30, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, April 22 to 27, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 22, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, April 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, April 22, 1999
- High Wind in California, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, April 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, April 22 to 24, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, April 1999
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: 5696112.