Flood — Lewis, Missouri

2010-05-15 · near Monticello, Lewis, Missouri

Event narrative

At 245 am, a young woman was travelling west of County Road 195th, when the car she was driving in went into water covering the road due to the North Fabius River, which was in flood. The car became completely submerged and she perished. The North Fabius River was at 21.16 feet at the time of the accident, over ten feet above flood stage, which is 11 feet. The river crested later that morning at 22.19 feet around 1030 am. This is the second highest crest since the gage was installed in June of 2005.

Wider weather episode

Due to heavy rains in April and into the first half of May, the North Fabius River was well above flood stage on May 15th.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 238223. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.