Benton storm history

Law enforcement reported a woman was swept off her feet while crossing a flooded driveway. The location is within headwaters of small unnamed basins leading to uncertainty of the precise location of the flood.

A person was struck by lightning and killed while standing on a courtesy dock helping pull a boat out of the water.

Flooding occurred along a few creeks in northwest Benton County. One fatality occurred when a rancher was checking on his cattle and was swept into a flooded creek.

A derecho swept across much of west central and central Missouri during the early morning hours of July 5th. Severe winds from this line of thunderstorms affected a campground near Truman Lake where 48 people were injured. One fatality occurred as a 47 year old man drove his boat…

Two men were fishing on Truman Lake near Warsaw while a squall line rapidly pushed across the lake and swamped their boat. Vance Wiles age 40, drowned as he tried to swim to shore without a life jacket. The other passenger Mark Johnson age 37, was wearing a life jacket and surviv…

One inch of snowfall was estimated in portions of Benton County. County dispatch reported multiple slide off accidents in the county due to the light snow.

Report of quarter size hail.

Drought improved for portions of the county during the month thanks to limited beneficial rainfall during the month drought. Portions of the County did remain impacted by Moderate (D1) to Abnormally Dry (D0) drought conditions at the end of the month. Impacts were noted in surfac…

Hail to the size of quarters fell south of Cole Camp.

Route V was closed due to flooding of Deer Creek.

Hail to the size of quarters fell in the city of Warsaw.

Thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree onto a car 10 miles north of Wheatland on the Benton and Hickory county line.

Reports of tree damage in Lincoln on Highway 65. Electricity to the entire town was knocked out. Altogether, over 4000 homes and businesses lost power in Benton County.

Trees were down near the Thibaut boat ramp area.

Trees were blocking the road, leading to its closure.

Report of uprooted trees and damage to outbuildings.

A 450 acre wildfire burned for several days in southern Benton County near Fristoe in the Granny's Acres Conservation Area. Local fire departments and the Missouri Department of Conservation worked for several days to put out the fire.

Non thunderstorm winds blew shingles off a roof east of Cole Camp.

An arctic airmass slid into the Ozarks during the overnight hours of February 19-20, bringing extreme cold and wind chills in the -10 to -30 degree range across most of the region.

Light snowfall began to push into Benton County during the early morning hours of February 18 before more moderate to heavy snowfall occurred during the afternoon and evening. Up to 7 inches of snow was reported in Warsaw, causing multiple schools to close.

An arctic airmass slid into the Ozarks during the overnight hours of January 20-21 bringing extreme cold and windchills in the -5 to -15 degree range across most of the region.

Precipitation started as a light snow during the evening of January 9 with the snow then continuing overnight into the afternoon hours of January 10. Snow amounts between 3 and 4 inches fell across the county. A public report of a measured storm total of 4 inches of snow was rece…

A band of light rain and drizzle lifted into southwest Missouri before turning into freezing drizzle and mixed wintry precipitation between January 4 and January 6. Co-op observers and the public measured 3.0 inches of snowfall over a two-day period.

A NWS storm survey found a few hardwood trees downed just west of Warsaw near the golf course.

A period of significant rains fell across the region early in the month with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall measured at some locations. This allowed for drought improvements to Moderate (D1) drought by the end of the month despite little or no rain fall through the last three weeks of…

Extreme (D3) Drought condition expanded back into all but the northern third of the county with Severe (D2) Drought in the remainder of the county. Impacts across the region were primarily felt in larger scale agriculture. Farm and stock ponds saw continuing impacts with ground w…

Report of ping pong ball size hail.

Trees and powerlines were down in the city of Warsaw and throughout Benton County.

Report of tennis ball size hail northwest of Warsaw.

Report of a tree down on a powerline that caused power outages in town.

Report of quarter size hail.

Report of quarter size hail.

Report of golf ball size hail.

Social media report of quarter size hail.

Highway C west of Lincoln was flooded.

Highway 65 and Sieving Road was flooded.

MODOT reported Route B was closed due to flooding.

Social media report of Highway B flooded.

Report of tree limbs broken and shingles blown off.

Several small trees were uprooted and large limbs downed. A trampoline was lofted, rolled and damaged by winds.

Several large limbs were downed and a few shingles were blown off a home.