Flood, Buchanan
- When
- May 21, 12:00 AM CST to May 26, 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)
Flooding in Missouri, May 21 to 26, 1999
5 inches of rain in sections of northwest Missouri on the evening of May 20, resulting in minor river flooding on the Tarkio River near Fairfax and the Missouri River at St. Joseph.
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
- 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 EAX wrote it up.
A weakening complex of thunderstorms dropped up to 1.5 inches of rain in sections of northwest Missouri on the evening of May 20, resulting in minor river flooding on the Tarkio River near Fairfax and the Missouri River at St. Joseph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Atchison
- When
- May 21, 12:00 AM CST to May 22, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.431, -95.428 (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
- Flooding in Iowa, May 21 to 25, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Montana, May 21, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, May 21, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 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: 5698756, 5698757.