Several rounds of storms moved through the south half of Missouri on July 1st-2nd. The heaviest rains fell over central and southwestern Missouri as well as a swath of very heavy rain from Franklin County southeast through Jefferson and Ste. Genevieve Counties.

Thunderstorm Wind in ST. LOUIS (C), MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 18:55:00 to 01-JUL-15 18:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: TOWER GROVE
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous tree limbs in Forest Park.  Also, a tree was blown down onto two homes causing moderate damage.

Hail in BOONE, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 19:00:00 to 01-JUL-15 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: COLUMBIA
Magnitude: 1.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Thunderstorm Wind in MONITEAU, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 20:03:00 to 01-JUL-15 20:03:00 (CST-6)
Location: HIGH PT
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees. A couple of the trees landed on power lines knocking them down.

Thunderstorm Wind in JEFFERSON, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 20:20:00 to 01-JUL-15 20:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: WARE
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous tree limbs between Hillsboro and Victoria. Also, several large trees were uprooted and a two foot diameter tree was snapped off about 3 feet above the ground just west of Hillsboro.

Hail in JEFFERSON, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 20:40:00 to 01-JUL-15 20:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: FESTUS ARPT
Magnitude: 3.00 
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Hail was mostly half dollar size, but some stones were up to 3 inches in diameter. Hail fell for about 18 minutes. Observer's car had dents from the hail stones. Also, the hail damaged roof shingles and broke a couple of windows on their house.

Thunderstorm Wind in BOONE, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 19:10:00 to 01-JUL-15 19:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: COLUMBIA
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Thunderstorm winds broke a couple of skylights on a business on the south side of Columbia. The store had water problems due to the broken skylights.

Flash Flood in FRANKLIN, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 22:00:00 to 02-JUL-15 02:20:00 (CST-6)
Location: CATAWISSA
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Up to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including the intersection of Routes C and YY near Kiel, Route C just northwest of Leslie.  Just south of Catawissa, the bridge at the entrance to Lake Serene Subdivision on the west side of Highway HH was damaged due to flash flooding.

Flash Flood in BOONE, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 18:50:00 to 01-JUL-15 22:30:00 (CST-6)
Location: ROCHEPORT
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Up to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding.  Numerous roads were flooded including Providence Road and Rangeline Road.

Flash Flood in COLE, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 21:00:00 to 01-JUL-15 23:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: ST THOMAS
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 750.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Up to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Route W south of Wardsville and Lower Bottom Road just northeast of St. Thomas.  A portion of Lower Bottom Road was washed out and the cost to repair it will be around $750,000.

Flash Flood in OSAGE, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 21:10:00 to 01-JUL-15 23:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: META
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Amateur Radio

Up to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding.  Numerous roads were flooded including Route T north of Argyle and Route P west of Freeburg.

Thunderstorm Wind in ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 18:40:00 to 01-JUL-15 18:45:00 (CST-6)
Location: BRECKENRIDGE HILLS
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees and numerous large tree limbs in St. Ann, Woodson Terrace and Olivette. Several homes had minor to moderate roof damage from the fallen trees and tree limbs.

Flash Flood in JEFFERSON, MISSOURI
From 01-JUL-15 21:13:00 to 02-JUL-15 02:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: KIMMSWICK
Flood cause: Heavy Rain
Property damage: 4.00M
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Up to 7 inches of rain fell in a short amount of time onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding.  The main band of heavy rain extended from northwest of Cedar Hill southeastward to southeastern Jefferson County, south of Festus. Four vehicles were swept off of Meyer Road, just west of intersection with U.S. Highway 67, when Buck Creek rose well above its banks. All four vehicles were swept downstream but only two were occupied, the other two had been in a nearby parking lot. Two bodies were found further downstream, a 35 year old female and a 50 year old female. Authorities say that the owners of the other two vehicles have been accounted for. Several rescues had to be performed including on Montauk Drive just off of U.S. Highway 67, about 2 miles north northeast of Olympian Village. Also, a levee was over topped on Plattin Creek next to Lakeside Manor Mobile Home Park. Four to five feet of water flooded the mobile home park. Sixty to seventy people had to be rescued. Three people were injured and brought to a local hospital. Numerous businesses were flooded. One business had about a dozen ATVs damaged or ruined by the flood waters. Mercy Hospital in Crystal City had to close its emergency department for a couple of days when flood waters came into that area of the hospital, the rest of the hospital remained open. Several homes along Cotter Creek, off of Hillsboro Victoria Road near intersection with Highway P, were damaged/destroyed from flood waters as the creek quickly rose there. One person had to be rescued after her vehicle was swept into Cotter Creek by the flood waters. She was clinging to a tree for over an hour before being rescued. Several roads were washed out due to the flash flooding. Damage to the roads and bridges was estimated around $1.5 million with total damage estimated close to $3-4 million.