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The Missouri River was above flood stage for 62 days in Jefferson City, Missouri, 77 days at Hermann, Missouri, and for 94 days at St. Charles in the St. Louis metropolitan area. On October 7, 103 days after the flooding began, the Mississippi River at St. Louis finally dropped below flood stage.
Aerial view of the Missouri River flooding on July 30, 1993, at U.S. Highway 54 just north of Jefferson City, Missouri, looking south (Photo/Missouri Highway and Transportation Department)
The Midwestern United States experienced major floods in the spring of 2019, primarily along the Missouri River and its tributaries in Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas. The Mississippi River also saw flooding, although starting later and ending earlier. The 2019 January-to-May period was the wettest on record for the U.S ...
Southwestern Missouri was the most significantly impacted and experienced over a foot of rainfall, while other parts of the Missouri Ozarks saw 5–12 inches of rain. [64] The flooding caused 13 deaths, and two wastewater treatment plants were overwhelmed by the floods, leaking sewage into the floodwaters. [65]
NWS: Major flooding in Missouri. Major flooding is occurring in some locations in the Ozarks, with locations in at least five counties east of Springfield reporting anywhere from 10 inches to 12. ...
The resulting flood inundated 14,000 acres (57 km 2) on the Missouri side of the river. [5] In one incident, a barge was sucked into the levee and slammed into a gas station, causing a fire. [6] The flood washed out all of the bridges in the area—the only links across the river for 200 miles (320 km).
Signs that floodwaters were headed south began to emerge as the NWS issued a major flooding designation on Saturday for Osceola, Arkansas, where the Mississippi River reached above 35 feet (10.7 m ...
In April 2013, persistent heavy rains caused widespread flooding, primarily impacting the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions. In a span of two days on April 17 and 18, heavy rainfall associated with a slow-moving storm system caused widespread flooding across rivers and areas, where rainfall amounts over 8 inches (200 mm) caused rivers to swell and crest, including the Mississippi River and ...