Flood, Clay
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, June 23 to 26, 1999
The same storms that produced the urban and flash flooding in the Kansas City area on June 23 also triggered minor river flooding on the Missouri at St. Joseph, Napoleon, Waverly, and Miami, the Little Platte near Smithville, and the Crooked River near Richmond.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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.
The same storms that produced the urban and flash flooding in the Kansas City area on June 23 also triggered minor river flooding on the Missouri at St. Joseph, Napoleon, Waverly, and Miami, the Little Platte near Smithville, and the Crooked River near Richmond.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Ray
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM CST to June 24, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ray forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.352, -93.990 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Buchanan
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM CST to June 25, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.660, -94.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Lafayette
- When
- June 23, 12:00 AM CST to June 25, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.066, -93.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Saline
- When
- June 24, 12:00 AM CST to June 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.137, -93.202 (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
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Missouri, June 23, 1999
- High Surf in California, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 23, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 24, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 23, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 23, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 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: 5705091, 5705092, 5706553, 5706554, 5706555.