Flood in Newton County, Missouri

Flood December 27, 2015 · Newton County, Missouri

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple rail cars floated off of the tracks due to flooding of Shoal Creek. At least three families were stranded by high water. Several homes sustained flood damage. Several mobile homes were washed away by flooding along Shoal Creek near Reddings Mill. Numerous roads and low water crossings suffered flood damage. 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 Neosho (36.9018, -94.3599).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 606494. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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