Flooding in Missouri, April 14, 2002

Name: Flooding in Missouri, April 14, 2002
Start: 2002-04-14T00:00
End: 2002-04-14T21:00
Location: Missouri

April 14, 2002 · NWS SGF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A broad area of one to three inches of rain fell over Howell and Oregon counties during the late evening of April 14th. The Eleven Point River basin received one to three inches of rainfall.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

A broad area of one to three inches of rain fell over Howell and Oregon counties during the late evening of April 14th. The Eleven Point River basin received one to three inches of rainfall. This flooded areas along Highway 142 near Calm plus recreational and camping facilities over eastern Oregon county. In Howell county, flash flooding that occurred earlier due to excessive rainfall in a short period of time, continued to have flooded low water crossings, county, and secondary roads.

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 Apr 13, 9:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 9:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1030 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

SEVERAL SUPERCELL HAILERS THAT DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS EVENING ALONG
OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAVE SINCE EVOLVED INTO A SMALL SCALE MCS
CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL/SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. IR
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THAT THIS FEATURE IS AIDED BY A WELL DEFINED
MESOSCALE VORT CENTER THAT WAS QUITE EVIDENT BY A 50 KNOT VELOCITY
CORE PER KSGF 88D WHEN IT CAME ACROSS A FEW HOURS AGO. (THANKFULLY
THOSE WINDS ONLY GOT AS LOW AT 700FT AGL). TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE RESULTED IN MANY ROAD CLOSURES ALONG LOW WATER CROSSINGS
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...SEE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

FIRST UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS REMAINS ACROSS KS/OK THIS
EVENING...HOWEVER ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS TEXAS AND POST MCS
SUBSIDENCE SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT. IN
FACT...SKIES SHOULD GRADUALLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH MAIN CONCERN
AGAIN BEING DENSE FOG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUED
MOIST EASTERLY FLOW. HAVE ADDED MENTION OF FOG TO AREAS WEST OF
PRECIP SHIELD...AND SHOULD QUICKLY BURN OFF AFTER SUNRISE.

OTHER CHANGES TO THE FORECAST ARE TO WARM THINGS UP EVEN FURTHER PER
00Z ETA/AVN SOLUTIONS. SEEMS THAT WE HAVE GONE FROM FEBRUARY TO JULY
IN SHORT ORDER WITH FWC AND NEW ETA MOS GUIDANCE GIVING UPPER 70S TO
AROUND 80 FOR TOMORROW AND MID-UPPER 80S FOR MONDAY 850MB THERMAL
RIDGE AXIS (TEMPS 20-24C) WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVERHEAD BY MONDAY AS
STRONG SWRLY FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS AHEAD OF DEEPENING WESTERN US
TROUGH. THESE NUMBER SEEM CERTAINLY REASONABLE AND WILL MAKE THE
NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS. HAVE ALSO GONE AHEAD AND RAISED LOW
TEMPERATURES OUT WEST...WHERE MUGGY NIGHTTIME CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL WITH SRLY WINDS KEEPING MINS 60 TO PERHAPS 65 DEGREES.

ZFP UPDATE OUT...ISC GRIDS OUT IN A FEW.

.SGF...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.

BOOKBINDER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 13, 6:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
755 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0405 PM    TWIN BRIDGES              MO   .75 INCH HAIL
04/13/02   DOUGLAS                        REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

Local storm report, Apr 13, 8:21 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
921 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0917 PM    MOUNTAIN VIEW             MO   FLOOD
04/13/02   HOWELL                         HWY 17 SOUTH OF
                                          MOUNTAIN VIEW AND EAST
                                          OF PAMONA ARE
                                          IMMPASSABLE. HWY N ALSO
                                          CLOSED FROM HIGH WATER.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Howell

When: April 14, 12:00 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
Where: Howell forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.774, -91.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Oregon

When: April 14, 12:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
Where: Oregon forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 36.687, -91.403 (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

Every storm in Missouri in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, April 2002

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: 5293679, 5293680.