Thunderstorm Wind in Monroe County, Missouri

Thunderstorm winds snapped a pole off and lifted a shed into a home in town. Also, several power lines were blown down around town.

A strong spring storm system brought multiple rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rain to the southeast half of Missouri during the weekend of April 29th-30th. Rainfall totals surpassed nine inches in some locations and this led to flash flooding and historic flooding along some of the tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Areas along the Meramec River were especially hard hit as new records were set at Steelville, Sullivan, and Eureka. The previous records had just recently been set during the late December flooding of 2015. Two major highways, I-44 and I-55 were shut down for a number of days due to the record river flooding from this event. A few thunderstorms also became severe during the afternoon of April 29th, with two weak tornadoes documented.