Alert archive / Missouri / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 121, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2008, 2:44 PM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 14, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2008, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 14, 2008, 11:30 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2008, 8:28 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Cedar County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Sac River near Caplinger Mills (CMZM7). The gauge peaked at 16.80 ft at Sep 14, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06919900, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 13, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 5:11 AM CDT, 9 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 511 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-141015- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 511 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: FLASH FLOODING AND ISOLATED TORNADOES AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. DISCUSSION: WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF HIGHWAY 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 44 AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY SAGS TOWARDS THE AREA. LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IKE WILL SURGE INTO THE AREA. WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE WITH THE APPROACH OF THIS SYSTEM AND ISOLATED SHORT LIVED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAINFALL WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANT LOW FROM IKE TRACKS ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) WISE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 12:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1229 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-132030- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1229 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED ON THE FOLLOWING RIVERS... THE GASCONADE RIVER AT HAZELGREEN. THE GASCONADE RIVER AT JEROME. THE MARMATON RIVER AT NEVADA. THE BIG PINEY RIVER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD. THE NORTH FORK OF THE WHITE RIVER AT TECUMSEH. THE LITTLE OSAGE RIVER AT HORTON. THE OSAGE RIVER AT SCHELL CITY. THE SAC RIVER AT CAPLINGER MILLS. THE JACKS FORK RIVER AT EMINENCE. THE POTENTIAL OF RIVER FLOODING HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY DUE TO RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OSAGE RIVER BASIN...AND THE RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE RIVER BASINS IN THE OZARKS WHICH INCLUDES THE WHITE...BLACK... GASCONADE...AND OSAGE RIVER BASINS THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENT RAINFALL FORECAST AMOUNTS BETWEEN NOON ON SATURDAY TO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN FOUR AND EIGHT INCHES ACROSS THE GASCONADE...WHITE AND BLACK RIVER BASINS...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS THE OSAGE...LITTLE OSAGE...MARMATON AND SAC RIVER BASINS. BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS WHICH INVOLVES THE EVOLUTION OF HURRICANE IKE...AND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS MISSOURI...RIVER LEVELS ACROSS THE WHITE AND GASCONADE RIVER BASINS COULD POTENTIALLY REACH LEVELS COMPARABLE TO THE MARCH 2008 RECORD FLOODING...ESPECIALLY THE JAMES RIVER AT GALENA...AND THE GASCONADE RIVER AT HAZELGREEN. PLEASE REMEMBER...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL...OR ANY DEVIATION IN THE RAINFALL FORECAST WILL SIGNIFICANT ALTER THE RIVER FORECAST CREST. PEOPLE LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THE LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR HORTON HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 41.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 37.1 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE OSAGE RIVER NEAR SCHELL CITY HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 30.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 22.5 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE BIG PINEY RIVER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 13.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 9.8 FEET AT 7 AM SATURDAY. THE JACKS FORK RIVER AT EMINENCE HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 12.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 3.5 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE GASCONADE RIVER AT HAZELGREEN HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 21.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 2.3 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE GASCONADE RIVER AT JEROME HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 15.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 3.1 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 20.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 14.0 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE NORTH FORK OF WHITE RIVER NEAR TECUMSEH HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 20.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 2.7 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. THE SAC RIVER NEAR CAPLINGER MILLS HAS A FLOOD STAGE OF 16.0 FEET. THE LATEST STAGE IS 7.8 FEET AT 11 AM SATURDAY. JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 8:41 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 63 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | SGF | Barry, Camden, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent and 21 more | 26 hr |
| Sep 13, 1:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 days |
| Sep 13, 1:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 7 days |
| Sep 13, 2:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| Sep 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 12 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Benton, St. Clair | 12 hr |
| Sep 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 11 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 29 hr |
| Sep 13, 2:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 48 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.