Missouri, 2024

Flooding in Missouri, January 27, 2024

January 27, 2024 · NWS SGF · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

5 inches across portions of southern Missouri. This allows local streams to rise out of their banks impacting a few low water crossings and roads.

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.

The combination of stratiform rainfall on the 26th continuing into the morning of the 27th produced rain amounts from 1 to 1.5 inches across portions of southern Missouri. This allows local streams to rise out of their banks impacting a few low water crossings and roads.

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Taney

When
January 27, 1:09 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Taney County, 0.69 mi S of Mincy to 0.32 mi ESE of Mincy
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
36.560, -93.120

State Highway J at Mincey Creek was closed due to high water.

Flood, Douglas

When
January 27, 2:13 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where
Douglas County, 2.76 mi W of Ava Muni Meml Arpt to 2.42 mi W of Ava Muni Meml Arpt
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
36.970, -92.730

State Highway Y at Cowskin Creek was closed due to flooding.

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1156691, 1156692.