Flash Flood — Lawrence, Missouri

2015-12-26 · near Verona, Lawrence, Missouri

Direct deaths

$1.5M

Property damage

Event narrative

A 37 year old male was swept off of Farm Road 1130 due to flash flooding. The flooding occurred along a small tributary of Browning Hollow which is a tributary of the Spring River. Nearly all low water crossings across the county were flooded. There was several rural and county roads which sustained damage from flooding. 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 606106. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.