Flash Flood — Iron, Missouri

2024-11-04 · near Middle Brook, Iron, Missouri

Direct deaths

$60K

Property damage

Event narrative

Flash flooding caused 1 fatality near Knob Creek in Ironton. It also resulted in swift water rescues along County Road 207 in Arcadia and on State Highway C near Annapolis. A car was pushed off a bridge and into the St. Francois River at State Highway U and County Road 31. Water was covering the bridge at the time.

Wider weather episode

Overnight on Sunday, November 3rd, a shield of rain and thunderstorms moved into the bi-state area. By Monday morning, persistent rainfall resulted in fatal flash flooding in southeast Missouri, with one fatality occurring in Iron County. Later on Monday evening, a QLCS produced two EF-0 tornadoes in east-central Missouri and shifted the axis of heaviest rain to the north. Due to the shift northward, record rainfall amounts caused deadly flash flooding in the St. Louis metropolitan area on Tuesday morning with two fatalities caused by rising waters.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1217086. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.