Flash Flood in Polk County, Missouri

Flash Flood December 26, 2015 · Polk County, Missouri

Death

$500K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 56 year old man was swept off of Highway H by flash flooding of the Pomme De Terre River. Nearly all low water crossings across the county were flooded and several suffered damage. Several county roads sustained damaged from flood water. This storm report will contain the damage estimates for the entire county for this event.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Pleasant Hope (37.4884, -93.2668).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 606349. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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