Flash Flood — Scotland, Missouri

2023-08-04 to 2023-08-05 · near Four Corners, Scotland, Missouri

Event narrative

The Emergency Manager reported washed out gravel roads 6 miles north of Kilwinning.

Wider weather episode

A significant rain event occurred late Friday into Saturday across northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois, which resulted in flash flooding and a rapid rise on the Fox River near Wayland, Missouri. A slow moving mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) tracked over the area and brought very heavy rain in a short amount of time. Rainfall amounts between 4 and 8 inches fell in less than 6 hours, which caused many stalled vehicles and several water rescues in the towns of Kahoka, Missouri and Keokuk, Iowa. A culvert was washed out south of Kahoka and many secondary roads had water over them.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1129560. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.