Heavy Rain — Taney, Missouri

2024-07-17 · near Walnut Shade, Taney, Missouri

Event narrative

Emergency management measured 6.20 inches of storm total rainfall.

Wider weather episode

A mesoscale convective vortex pushed into the Missouri Ozarks during the afternoon of July 16, 2024, resulting in showers and thunderstorms developing out ahead of it. Thunderstorm coverage and intensity increased during the overnight hours and into the early morning hours of July 17 as they developed along a stationary boundary situated west to east on the Missouri/Arkansas border. Thunderstorms first formed over northeast Oklahoma and continued to spread east into far southern Missouri, resulting in training thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Rainfall amounts between 4.0 and 8.61 inches were measured across portions of the Missouri Ozarks, with Taney County experiencing the higher end of that range. Turkey Creek in Hollister crested at 14.65 feet, causing evacuations along the creek, flooded cars and RVs, and a washed out bridge. Additionally, the first floor of City Hall in Branson was flooded, with multiple roadways flooded and damaged between Branson and Hollister in Taney County.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1205450. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.