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Flash Flood in Newton County, Missouri

Flash Flood June 6, 2025 · Newton County, Missouri

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Flooding of yards and surrounding areas was occurring just south of Joplin.

The wider storm

A round of showers and thunderstorms occurred during the late night hours of June 5th through the morning hours of June 6th. A line of thunderstorms moved into the area from the southwest and caused damaging winds and a tornado. Additional rainfall on June 7th caused flash flooding occurred due to saturated soils.

Began near Spurgeon (36.9500, -94.4900).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1251719. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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