Flash Flood — Dent, Missouri

2024-11-05 · near Sligo, Dent, Missouri

$15.0M

Property damage

Event narrative

Dent County suffered $15M in damages, with $8M to infrastructure at Montauk State Park, along with two homes destroyed, five having major damage and another 20 with minor damage. An additional $7M occurred to roads and bridges along with some homes. Heaviest damages were along the Current River near Montauk State Park, Spring Creek near Salem, and Crooked Creek and Meramec River near Sligo.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms brought severe weather and flooding to southwest Missouri from November 4-5, 2024. A corridor of very heavy rainfall east of Springfield caused several rivers to reach major flood stage, with some locations experiencing record flooding. A total of four tornadoes were also observed on November 4, all of which were EF-0 in strength. Residual river flooding was observed through November 8, 2024 before flood waters began to recede.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1221621. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.