Flash Flood, Newton
- When
- June 3, 6:55 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 36.906, -94.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 2001
Rainfall amounts of three to six inches fell over Newton County during the morning. There were numerous reports of flooded and impassable roadways, especially in Neosho.
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.
Rainfall amounts of three to six inches fell over Newton County during the morning. There were numerous reports of flooded and impassable roadways, especially in Neosho. Even after the rain ended, runoff from the excessive rainfall caused roadways to remain closed for several hours.
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 3, 1:55 AM CST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:55 AM CST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 LITTLE TIME FOR DETAILS...BUT WILL GO WITH MESOETA. BIGGEST CHALLENGE WILL BE CHANCES FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT IN THE NORTH...AND POSITION OF SURFACE FRONT MONDAY AND ITS EFFECT ON HIGHS. GENERALLY LIKE THE MESOETA FORECAST...BUT STILL BELIEVE REFIRING OF CONVECTION LATE TODAY LOOKS OVERDONE IN KANSAS. BIG CAP IN PLACE AFTER CONVECTION MOVES OUT THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION WILL LIKELY FIRE ALONG 850 BOUNDARY WITH LOW LEVEL JET TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN CWA. WARM FRONT NORTH OF CWA MONDAY...SO WILL GO WITH VERY WARM MESOETA HIGHS. PRELIMINARY FORECAST NUMBERS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY SGF 75 63 87 70 / 90 20 10 60 JLN 77 66 90 71 / 90 20 10 60 UNO 72 63 87 67 / 90 20 10 50 VIH 65 56 85 70 / 70 50 20 80 .SGF... MO...FLOOD WATCH FOR TODAY MOZ055>058-066>071. KS...NONE. BROWNI<NG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:00 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT... ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. ...EXTENDED OUTLOOK... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:32 AM CST, 1 hour 23 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT... ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI. ...EXTENDED OUTLOOK... THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROEUGH TUESDAY. BROWNING
Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:08 AM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
708 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 AM ANDERSON MO FLOOD
06/03/01 MCDONALD 5.3 INCHES OF RAIN
REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:20 AM CST, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
720 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0638 AM CAPE FAIR MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 STONE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0638 AM 2 SW NEOSHO MO 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 NEWTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0638 AM 5 N ANDERSON MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 MCDONALD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0658 AM KISSEE MILLS MO 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 TANEY REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0700 AM 3 S NEOSHO MO .88 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 NEWTON REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:38 AM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
738 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....K
0735 AM SCAMMON KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:42 AM CST, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
742 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUCNTY LOCATION....
0708 AM SCAMMON KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/01 CHEROKEE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:53 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
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 3, 2001
- Flood and Hail in New York, June 3, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, June 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 3, 2001
- Hail in Arkansas, June 3, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 3, 2001
- High Wind in California, June 3, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Missouri, June 3, 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: 5252235.