Flash Flood, Greene
- When
- June 21, 4:05 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County, North Portion
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.258, -93.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, June 21, 2001
Three vehicles were partially submerged on a low water crossing near Highway AB and Farm Road 94 south of Willard. Three people were trapped and standing on the hoods of their vehicles for about one hour before local police could help them.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Three vehicles were partially submerged on a low water crossing near Highway AB and Farm Road 94 south of Willard. Three people were trapped and standing on the hoods of their vehicles for about one hour before local police could help them. No injuries were reported.
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 Jun 21, 1:25 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 1:25 AM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 225 AM CDT THU JUN 21 2001 MAIN FOCUS TODAY WILL BE WITH THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX. THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX CURRENTLY PUSHING THROUGH SE KS/WESTERN AND CENTRAL MO. WEAK BOUNDARY NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL MO WITH UPPER LEVEL WAVE DROPPING SE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. ALL THREE MODELS HAVE FAIRLY SIMILAR SOLUTIONS DURING THE PERIOD AND HAVE GONE WITH THE ETA FOR GUIDANCE. SHORTWAVE IN THE PLAINS WILL BE THE FINAL KICKER AROUND MEAN TROUGH AND WILL FINALLY PUSH FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA DURING THE DAY. SHORTWAVE ITSELF SHOULD SWING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL MAINLY OCCUR DURING THE MORNING WITH THE FRONT PUSHING TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. SKIES SHOULD BEGIN TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION IS MORE SCATTERED THAN LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION...AND IS ALSO PUSHING QUICKER TO THE SE. DO NOT SEE A WIDESPREAD FLOODING THREAT...ALTHOUGH AREAS WILL SEE HEAVY RAIN. WILL NOT ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA AT THE SURFACE BEGINNING TONIGHT CLEARING OUT THE SKY AND BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR TO THE AREA. TROUGH SLOWLY DRIFTS EAST DURING THE PERIOD...KEEPING US IN THE NW FLOW PATTERN BEFORE RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...WARMING US BACK UP AGAIN. FCSTID = 5 SGF 78 53 80 52 / 50 0 0 0 JLN 80 54 81 55 / 40 0 0 0 UNO 76 57 80 54 / 60 0 0 0 VIH 74 52 78 52 / 60 0 0 0 .SGF... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. LINDENBERG
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 6 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:04 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
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2001
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 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: 5250852.