Flood, Howard
- When
- June 12, 1:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.143, -92.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Missouri, June 12 to 14, 2002
Heavy rains on June 12th, caused minor to moderate flooding on the Moniteau creek near Fayette, Wakenda Creek in Carrollton, Petite Saline Creek near Boonville, and the Blackwater River near Blue Lick.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 EAX wrote it up.
Heavy rains on June 12th, caused minor to moderate flooding on the Moniteau creek near Fayette, Wakenda Creek in Carrollton, Petite Saline Creek near Boonville, and the Blackwater River near Blue Lick.
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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 250 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 REMNANTS FROM EARLY MORNING MCS STILL EXITING EASTERN CWA. ANOTHER SMALLER AREA OF STORMS IN WESTERN CWA SEEMS TO HAVE INITIATED OFF OF OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. DECODING THE SFC MAP THIS AFTN IS A BIT CHALLENGING...WITH COLD FRONT STILL TO THE NORTH AND NUMEROUS CONVECTIVE LEFTOVER BOUNDARIES SITTING AROUND. HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH AN ETA/AVN COMPROMISE ON FROPA TIMING FOR THIS PKG. FOR THIS EVENING...AIR MASS HAS LITTLE TO NO CAP AND COULD SEE A POP UP THUNDERSTORM ANYTIME. HOWEVER...WE FEEL THAT THE BEST CHCS FOR STORMS WILL BE CLOSER TO MIDNIGHT. EXPECTING TO SEE ANOTHER MCS FORM AHEAD OF THE SFC FRONT...AFFECTING MAINLY NORTHERN ZONES. HOPING THAT THIS ACTIVITY WILL GIVE THE FRONT A GOOD SHOVE TO THE SOUTH. SHOULD SEE IT LAYING NEAR MISSOURI RIVER/I70 AROUND OR SLIGHTLY AFTER 18Z WED. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SUNSHINE WE CAN SCROUNGE UP AFTER MORNING TSRA...THIS WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR POSSIBLE SVR IN THE AFTERNOON. A LITTLE UNCERTAIN ABOUT COLD FRONT TIMING...AND HAVE THEREFORE LEFT MORE OF A CHC IN AND MOVE COVERAGE FOR WED EVENING. DECIDED TO LEAVE THURS DRY...ALTHO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION TO SEE SOME THE TAIL END OF SOME SHOWERS IN SRN CWA. NOT GOING TO ISSUE FFA FOR NOW. LOOKING AT FFG/FFH...MOST LOCATIONS 3-6HR GUID IS 2-3 INCHES. FOR TONIGHT THINGS SHOULD BE FINE...WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND TOSS BACK TO THE MID CREW TO LOOK AT FOR WED. TEMPERATURE-WISE HAVE NOT MADE MANY CHANGES TO THE GOING FCST. BUMPED UP OVERNIGHT LOWS A TOUCH...77 DPT AT MCI@2PM IN THE EXTENDED...HAVE INTRODUCED POPS IN WESTERN ZONES DUE TO NORTHWEST FLOW SCENARIO FOR SUN/MON. OTRW TEMPS RIGHT AROUND CLIMO. LVQ ---------------------------------------- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 632 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 MADE A QUICK ADJUSTMENT TO THE FORECAST THIS MORNING. I ADDED A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO TODAYS PERIOD. CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHEAST KANSAS INDICATE THAT DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT MAY BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE TO TOUCH OFF STORMS THAT COULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI TODAY. ADDITIONALLY...CURRENT RADAR IMAGES INDICATE A WEAK NORTH/SOUTH SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR CLINTON THAT COULD PROVIDE ENOUGH FOCUS TO FIRE SOME ISOLATED CONVECTION IN OUR VERY JUICY ATMOSPHERE OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. CUTTER 320 AM... MAIN PROBLEM FOR THE SHORT TERM CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OVERNIGHT A STRONG MCS FIRED JUST TO OUR NORTHWEST IN NEBRASKA AND PUSHED NORTHEAST INTO IOWA. OUR INTER MOUNTAIN LOW ALONG THE CANADIAN/U.S. BOARDER CONTINUES TO LIFT EAST NORTHEAST...AS THE EAST COAST RIDGE LOOKS LIKE ITS BEGINNING TO FLATTEN OUT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING VERY SLOWLY AS IT DRAPES FROM MINNESOTA...THROUGH WEST IOWA/EAST NEBRASKA...AND INTO THE WEST HALF OF KANSAS. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FROM THE JET MAX...ON THE LEADING SIDE OF THE INTER MOUNTAIN LOW ALONG WITH FRONTAL INSTABILITY...PROVIDED THE EXTRA SUPPORT FOR TONIGHTS MCS/BOW ECHO ACTION TO OUR NORTH. WHILE THE LACK OF UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT KILLED THE THERMODYNAMICALLY DRIVEN THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE BREWING TO OUR WEST IN CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG THE FRONT EARLIER TODAY. MODEL PREFERENCE FOR THE SHORT TERM IS THE ETA. I FEEL THAT IT HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON THE FRONTAL LOCATION THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...ITS PRECIPITATION FIELD APPEARS TO BE WAY OVERDONE FOR TODAY. THE ETA HAS BEEN TO QUICK TO ERODE THE 700 MB CAP AS OF LATE WHICH THEN ALLOWS IT TO INDUCE A LOT OF LIFT THAT JUST IS NOT THERE. SO...I WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE RAIN CHANCES OUT OF MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AS WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE TOO HEAVILY CAPPED TO SEE ANY ACTION FOR MOST OF THE DAY. HOWEVER...AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE TONIGHT I EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME LIKELY FOR THE NORTHERN QUARTER OF STATE TONIGHT. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT...FOR ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES FIRE OFF IN EAST KANSAS...WILL BE IN PLACE TO HELP PUSH ANY MCS THAT MIGHT FORM THROUGH MISSOURI OVERNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN LOOKS TO BE A REAL POSSIBILITY AS THUNDERSTORMS COULD TRAIN ALONG THE SLOWLY SAGGING FRONT. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR NORTH MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS LOOKS TO BE AT 3 INCHES OR HIGHER FOR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE DAY SHIFT TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. THE ETA MODEL TAKES ITS TIME MOVING THE FRONT THROUGH THE NORTH HALF OF MISSOURI WEDNESDAY. BY MID AFTERNOON THE FRONT LOOKS TO BE PUSHING THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI JUST IN TIME FOR THE MAX HEATING. I AM EXPECTING THIS TO PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE REST OF THE GOING FORECAST LOOKS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE TAPERING OFF OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PACKAGE. CUTTER EAX... KS...NONE MO...NONE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:10 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
910 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0819 PM BEAN LAKE MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02 PLATTE REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. TREES DOWNED.Local storm report, Jun 11, 8:31 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
931 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0900 PM KEARNEY MO .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/02 CLAY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0900 PM KEARNEY MO 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02 CLAY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:16 PM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
KSZ025-057-102>105-MOZ001>005-011>016-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-054-120400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMIT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1016 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 411 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: ANDREW...ATCHISON...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CARROLL...CHARITON... CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER...DAVIESS...DE KALB...GENTRY...GRUNDY... HARRISON...HOLT...HOWARD...JACKSON...LAFAYETTE...LINN...LIVINGSTON... MACON...NODAWAY...PLATTE...RANDOLPH...RAY...SALINE...SULLIVAN AND WORTH. IN KANSAS: ATCHISON...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH AND WYANDOTTE. SOME CITIES NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH ARE ATCHISON... BETHANY...BOONVILLE...CHILLICOTHE...KANSAS CITY...MARSHALL... MARYVILLE...MOBERLY...OLATHE...ROCKPORT...ST JOSEPH AND TRENTON. WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL TRAVEL ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT...THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED. LVQ
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 9:25 PM CST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ057-060-MOZ043>045-053-054-120700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 1025 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 415...IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BATES...CASS...HENRY...JOHNSON AND PETTIS. IN KANSAS: LINN AND MIAMI. SOME CITIES IN THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE BUTLER... CLINTON...HARRISONVILLE...PAOLA...SEDALIA AND WARRENSBURG. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH 411 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MIAMI...CASS...JOHNSON MISSOURI...PETTIS AND HENRY COUNTIES. LVQ
Local storm report, Jun 11, 10:06 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1106 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1050 PM 2 N (IXD)JHNSN CO INDSL O KS 85 MPH TSTM GUST
06/11/02 JOHNSON MEASURED GUST REPORTED
BY TRAINED SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:22 AM CST, 38 minutes before
KSZ057-060-MOZ043>045-053-054-120700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 122 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 415 HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 122 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN MISSOURI: BATES...CASS...HENRY...JOHNSON AND PETTIS. IN KANSAS: LINN AND MIAMI. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE AREA AS THE STRONG STORMS HAVED MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. DB
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Carroll
- When
- June 12, 1:00 AM CST to June 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.427, -93.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Saline
- When
- June 12, 1:00 AM CST to June 13, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.137, -93.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Cooper
- When
- June 12, 3:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cooper forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 38.844, -92.810 (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
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, June 12, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 12 to 14, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 12, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 12, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2002
- Flooding in Vermont, June 12 to 13, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 12, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 12 to 13, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 12, 2002
- Flooding in New York, June 12 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, June 12 to 13, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2002
More
Every storm in Missouri in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, June 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: 5301612, 5301613, 5301614, 5301615.