Flood, Cape Girardeau
- When
- February 28, 7:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cape Girardeau forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.384, -89.684 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, February 28, 2001
The Mississippi River rose to flood stage at Cape Girardeau on the last day of the month. Since the river barely exceeded flood stage, no significant flooding occurred.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 PAH wrote it up.
The Mississippi River rose to flood stage at Cape Girardeau on the last day of the month. Since the river barely exceeded flood stage, no significant flooding occurred.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 2:39 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 2:39 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 239 AM CST WED FEB 28 2001 MAIN FORECAST QUESTION IS HOW MUCH SUN WILL BE SEEN TODAY. 08Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE NEBRASKA/IOWA BORDER. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA INTO WEST VIRGINIA...AND A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS THROUGH LOUISIANA INTO NORTHERN FLORIDA. LATEST IR SATELLITE/CEILING/VIS PLOT SHOWS MAIN AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS/PRECIP WELL TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS. ACROSS THE PAH FORECAST AREA AND SURROUNDING AREAS...THERE WERE LOW AND MID CLOUDS EXTENDING AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA...NORTHERN MISSOURI...INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA. LATEST KPAH RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW WHAT MINIMAL REFLECTIVITIES WE HAVE HAD OVER THE FA CONTINUING TO DECREASE. LOOKING AT TIME/HEIGHT RH CROSS SECTIONS...ETA/NGM/AVN ALL SHOW DRIER AIR WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE REGION BY LATE MORNING AND DURING THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NORTH. MAV/FWC/FLP GUIDANCE HAVE SAME GENERAL TIMING FOR GOING SCT...AND WATCHING THE GRADUAL DISSIPATION OF THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CLOUDS...SEE NO REASON TO GO AGAINST THE MODELS...AND CURRENT PACKAGE ALREADY FOLLOWS THIS TREND. FURTHER INTO THE FORECAST...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY INTO THE WEEKEND. AS FOR THE WEEKEND SYSTEM...BOTH AVN AND MRF BRING THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH THEN YESTERDAYS RUNS...INTO EXTREME SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GULF STATES EARLY SUNDAY...THEN THROUGH GEORGIA EARLY MONDAY. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO KEEP MAIN QPF TO OUR SOUTH WITH MINOR AMOUNTS UP INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. WILL CONTINUE WITH GOING PACKAGE OF A CHANCE OF RAIN JUST ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA. FAN HIGHS ARE WAY TOO COLD...MAV/FWC GUIDANCE ARE SIMILAR AND WILL USE A COMPROMISE OF THE TWO. THIS WILL PROBABLY ONLY REQUIRE RAISING HIGHS A CAT FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR SOUTHERN AREAS. LATEST MRF TEMP TRENDS VERY CLOSE TO PREVIOUS RUN...SO DO NOT PLAN ANY BIG CHANGES TO EXTENDED. .PAH...NONE. RSU
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Perry
- When
- February 28, 7:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.707, -89.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Scott
- When
- February 28, 7:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 37.053, -89.568 (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
- Heavy Rain in Washington, February 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Texas, February 28, 2001
- Flooding in Illinois, February 28, 2001
- Drought in California, February 28, 2001
- High Wind in Utah, February 28, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 28, 2001
- Funnel Cloud in Arizona, February 28, 2001
- Flood in California, February 28, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 28, 2001
- Hail in Louisiana, February 28, 2001
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, February 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, February 2001
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: 5232117, 5232118, 5232119.