Flash Flood in Webster County, Missouri
Flash Flood February 16, 2008 – February 17, 2008 · Webster County, Missouri
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Numerous roads and low lying areas experienced flash flooding countywide. One fatality occurred as a 46 year old male drove his truck into the Finley River at a low water crossing southeast of Fordland. The river swept his truck off of the road. Other locations that experienced flooding in Webster County included a section of Clearwater Drive at Acorn Hills, a section of Battleclub Road at Normady Road, a section of Highway A north of its intersection with Elm Road, a section of Highway V at its intersection with the James River, a section of Highway FF at its intersection with Panther Creek, a section of Bell Springs Road near its intersection with Dry Creek, a section near the Bellford Bridge north of Fordland, and a section of Greenwood Road near Fordland.
The wider storm
Widespread excessive rainfall impacted almost all of extreme southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks during the overnight period of 16 February into 17 February. Widespread rainfall amounts of one to three and a half inches fell. The heaviest amounts fell over the upper White River Basin as three and a half inches were observed near Table Rock Lake. Meanwhile areas of the Osage Plains from southeast Kansas in to west central Missouri measured around an inch.
Began near Cross Way (37.4007, -93.0377).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 84444. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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