Flash Flood, Laclede
- When
- July 28, 9:30 PM CST to 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Laclede County, South Portion
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.658, -92.590 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, July 28, 2001
Over two inches of rain fell in less than one hour caused flooding over Interstate 44 near Phillipsburg. Flooding was also reported north of Conway on Highway CC and Interstate 44.
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.
Over two inches of rain fell in less than one hour caused flooding over Interstate 44 near Phillipsburg. Flooding was also reported north of Conway on Highway CC and Interstate 44.
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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 28, 12:30 PM CST, 9 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 12:30 PM CST, 9 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 130 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001 MAIN FOCUS HAS BEEN ON CHANCES OF HEAVY RAIN/FLOODING THREAT TONIGHT AND ISSUANCE OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH. CERTAINLY MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AROUND THE REGION WITH KSGF 12Z SOUNDING SHOWING 2.21 INCHES PRECIPITABLE WATER. SURROUNDING SOUNDINGS ALSO AROUND THE 2 INCH MARK. UPPER AIR DATA SHOWED 19 DEG DEWPOINT AT SGF...AND FREEZING LEVEL AT ALMOST 15 KFT. MCS ACTIVITY MOVING OVER THE AREA THE PAST FEW NIGHTS HAS SATURATED THE SHALLOW SOIL DEPTH WE HAVE IN THE REGION. ABRFC 3-DAY PRECIPITATION PLOTS SHOW TOTALS UP TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE CWA...NOT INCLUDING THE 1-3 ADDITIONAL INCHES ON THE OZARK PLATEAU RECEIVED THIS MORNING. THE FACT THAT MOST MODELS ARE KEEPING QPF ON THE LOW SIDE IS A LITTLE DISTURBING WIHT THE COPIOUS MOISTURE AROUND...BUT STILL SHOULD SEE ANOTHER COMPLEX DEVELOP AROUND EASTERN KANSAS LATER TONIGHT AS SUBTLE SHORTWAVE OVER WEST KANSAS APPROACHES THE REGION. SO...WITH HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...CONTINUED DISTURBED WEAK ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND SATURATED CONDITIONS...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FOR TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL FINALLY BUILD INTO THE REGION TOMORROW...SHUNTING DEEPER MOISTURE EASTWARD...AND BRINGING SUMMER BACK TO THE REGION. PROGGED THICKNESSES ARE LOWER THAN WITH OUR LAST HEAT SPELL...SO HEAT INDICES MAY NOT BE SO OPPRESIVE. PRELIMINARY FORECAST NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY. SGF 68 90 69 92 / 60 30 10 0 JLN 70 92 72 95 / 60 30 10 0 UNO 70 88 69 92 / 60 30 10 0 VIH 68 88 70 92 / 60 30 10 0 FCSTID = 17/MMT .SGF... MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT FOR BOURBON...CHEROKEE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:59 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
459 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM NOEL MO WIND DAMAGE
07/28/01 MCDONALD MANY TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT kOFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:02 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
502 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM NOEL MO FLOOD
07/28/01 MCDONALD WATER RUNNING OFF OF
BLUFFS AND ACROSS
HIGHWAY/ROADS AROUND
NOEL. UNOFFICAL REPORT
OF 3.0 INCHES OF RAIN
AT TIFF CITY IN ONE
HOUR. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:12 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
512 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM NOEL MO WIND DAMAGE
07/28/01 MCDONALD *** 2 INJ ***
TREES DOWN. 2 INJURIES
DUE TO A FALLEN TREE ATH
A CAMPGROUND. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:53 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
553 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM NOEL MO FLOOD
07/28/01 MCDONALD MUDSLIDE AND LARGE
BOULDERS OVER HIGHWAY
59 BETWEEN NOEL AND
= LANAGAN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:05 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
605 PM CDT SAT JUL 28 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0445 PM NOEL MO WIND DAMAGE
07/28/01 MCDONALD MANY TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0445 PM NOEL MO FLOOD
07/28/01 MCDONALD WATER RUNNING OFF OF
BLUFFS AND ACROSS
HIGHWAY/ROADS AROUND
NOEL. UNOFFICAL REPORT
OF 3.0 INCHES OF RAIN
AT TIFF CITY IN ONE
HOUR. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0445 PM NOEL MO WIND DAMAGE
07/28/01 MCDONALD *** 2 INJ ***
TREES DOWN. 2 INJURIES
DUE TO A FALLEN TREE AT
A CAMPGROUND. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
0500 PM NOEL MO FLOOD
07/28/01 MCDONALD MUDSLIDE AND LARGE
BOULDERS OVER HIGHWAY
59 BETWEEN NOEL AND
LANAGAN. R2EPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:28 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
- Heat in Nebraska, July 28 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 28 to 29, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 28, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 28, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 28, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 28, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, July 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: 5258385.