Flash Flood — Madison, Missouri

2017-04-29 to 2017-04-30 · near Faro, Madison, Missouri

Event narrative

Seven to ten inches of rain fell causing widespread flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Highway V between County Road 243 and Route F. Levee along Castor River in Marquand was overtopped. Flooding occurred on the south side of town. Several people were moved to higher ground from a senior center in the area. Also, the intersection of Highways A and M, west of town and the river were closed due to flooding on bridge that goes over the Castor River. About 2 miles south southeast of Marquand, a water rescue had to be performed at a campground off Highway DD.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 694339. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.