Flash Flood, Benton
- When
- May 27, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.295, -93.288 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, May 27, 2000
Thunderstorms produced 3 to 4 inches of rain in short period of time. This caused the flooding of Highway 65 between Warsaw and Lincoln.
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.
Thunderstorms produced 3 to 4 inches of rain in short period of time. This caused the flooding of Highway 65 between Warsaw and Lincoln. Other smaller roads also briefly flooded.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:57 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, May 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27, 2000
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, May 27, 2000
- Heat in Texas, May 27, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 27, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, May 27, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 2000
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, May 27, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, May 2000
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: 5145589.