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River Flood Warning 135, NWS Springfield, MO

December 28, 2008Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2008, 10:45 AM CST for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 29, 2008, 4:47 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 10:45 AM CST (16:45 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 29, 2008, 4:47 PM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2008, 8:34 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Osage River near Schell City (SCZM7). The gauge peaked at 27.99 ft at Dec 30, 2008, 5:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918070, 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 Dec 27, 5:52 PM CST, 16 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 5:52 PM CST, 16 hours 53 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 6:56 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney, Texas	5 hr
Dec 27, 8:52 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	3 hr
Dec 27, 11:54 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene and 14 more	10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.