Flash Flood — Phelps, Missouri

2015-12-26 · near Flat, Phelps, Missouri

Event narrative

Highway J was closed due to high water at the Spring Creek Arm of the Big Piney River. Numerous roads and bridges were damaged. Approximately 8 homes were destroyed and 22 homed suffered moderate damaged from flood water. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.

Wider weather episode

A slow moving and strong weather system caused several rounds of very heavy and record breaking rainfall to occur across the Missouri Ozarks which led to historic and deadly flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 605939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.