Flash Flood — Polk, Missouri
2015-12-26 · near Pleasant Hope, Polk, Missouri
1
Direct deaths
$500K
Property damage
Event narrative
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.
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 606349. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.