Polk storm history

A 56 year old man was swept off of Highway H by flash flooding of the Pomme De Terre River. Nearly all low water crossings across the county were flooded and several suffered damage. Several county roads sustained damaged from flood water. This storm report will contain the damag…

A widespread flood event occurred in Polk County during the early morning hours of June 9th. Between 4 and 6 inches of rainfall fell in Polk County which caused the Pomme De Terre River and its tributaries to rapidly increase. There was damage to over 450 miles of gravel roads in…

Hail ranging from baseball to softball in size fell to the northwest, north and east of Bolivar. 200 homes at an average of $32,000 suffered damages to siding, roofs and windows, and 350 cars were damaged, many totaled.

Baseball sized hail was reported in town. Emergency management reported 170 houses suffered damaged along with numerous cars. This entry includes all damages reported in Polk County during this event.

Drought conditions improved across Morgan County by the end of November. The US Drought Monitor indicated that moderate (D1) drought conditions remained at the end of the month after several rainfall events helped ease drought conditions below severe (D2) drought levels. Impacts …

Golf ball to tennis ball sized hail and 50 mph winds were reported in Bolivar. Approximately 150 homes suffered severe damage to roofs, siding and windows. An equal number of cars suffered significant damage, with most 2014 model year and older totaled by insurance companies. Thi…

Seventy to 90 mph winds caused massive damage across much of Polk County. The central and southern sections of the county was impacted the greatest. Hundreds of outbuildings were either heavily damaged or destroyed. The communities of Bolivar and Pleasant Hope experienced damage …

The remnants of Tropical Storm Erin caused serious flooding across southern and central Polk County. Numerous secondary roads were washed out along with many low water crossings. Specific locations that were flooded include a bridge on Highway W near its intersection with Highway…

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

Despite well below the monthly average rainfall little changed with drought conditions through the month leaving Severe (D2) drought conditions in the county by the end of the month. Impacts across the region were largely limited to larger scale agriculture. However, farm and sto…

Though below the monthly average, timely rain fell across the region through the month. Despite the rains, little to no drought improvements occurred the the Severe (D2) drought conditions in the county by the end of the month. Impacts across the region were largely limited to la…

Extreme (D3) drought developed across western and southeastern portions of the county during the month. Conditions worsened through the month after limited rainfall during the month. The remainder of the county was impacted by Severe (D2) to Moderate (D1) drought conditions at th…

Thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs and took shingles off a building.

Hail up to the size of quarters was reported near Aldrich.

Severe (D2) drought developed across southeastern and eastern portions of the county during the month. Conditions worsened through the month after a record dry August and continued limited rainfall during the month of September. The remainder of the county was impacted by Moderat…

Report of quarter size hail.

State Route V was closed due to flooding.

Storm total rainfall amount of 6.34 inches from May 23 through May 27.

A large tree was reported down blocking the road in town.

State Highway V was closed at Weaubleau Creek with a foot or more of water. A water rescue was performed successfully with no injuries reported.

Highway Y was flooded at low water crossings on both Kilburn and McKinney Branches.

Route H at the Pomme De Terre River was flooded and impassable.

Highway H at the Pomme De Terre River was flooded and impassable.

Highway 215 at a tributary of the Little Wilsons Creek was flooded and impassable.

Missouri Highway 215 at the Little Wilsons Creek was flooded and impassable.

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 Polk County during the early morning hours of February 18 before more moderate to heavy snowfall occurred during the afternoon and evening. Between 4 to 4.5 inches of snow was reported across Polk County, causing multiple schools to close.

Light freezing drizzle began during the evening of February 11 before stratiform precipitation changed to snow during the early morning of February 12. Between 1-2 inches of snow was reported in Polk County.

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 6 inches fell across the county. A public report of a measured storm total of 5.5 inches of snow was re…

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. Up to 0.32 inches of flat ice accumulation was measured across Polk County, which converts to 0.126 inches of radia…

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…

Power poles and lines were reported down causing power outages.

Extreme (D3) Drought condition expanded back into the county after several weeks of little to no rainfall. Impacts across the region were primarily felt in larger scale agriculture. Farm and stock ponds saw continuing impacts with ground water levels and reservoirs showed modest …

Limited periods of rainfall through the middle the month allowed Severe (D2) Drought to develop across the western third of the county. Rainfall returned towards the end of the month allowing for some improvements with all but the far northwestern portion of the county in Moderat…

A storm survey was conducted northeast of Bolivar where a church suffered structural damage to its exterior wall. There was also roof damage and a collapse of an interior room within a large metal office building. Several trees in the same area were laying to the south, west and …

Tree limbs were down at a home in Morrisville.

Tree limbs were downed by thunderstorms in Bolivar.

State Highway 215 flooded and was impassable at the Pomme De Terre River.

State Highway EE and State Highway H were closed due to flooded roads.

Two feet of water was over H Highway north of Pleasant Hope.

Over eight feet of water was over State Highway 215 at the Pomme De Terre River.

Hail to the size of quarters fell on P Highway north of Halfway.

Route YY was closed due to flooding of Deer Creek.

Route HH was closed due to flooding of Ingalis Creek.

Route P was closed due to flooding of Lindley Creek.