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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Springfield, MO

March 2, 2008Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 2, 2008, 6:40 PM CST for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 4, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2008, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 7:22 PM CST
In force: 19 hr
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 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Marmaton River near Nevada (NVDM7).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918060, 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 Mar 2, 3:01 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:01 PM CST, 3 hours 39 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
Mar 2, 6:40 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	36 hr
Mar 2, 6:40 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	82 min
Mar 2, 7:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	62 hr
Mar 2, 7:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	62 hr
Mar 2, 10:19 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more	59 hr
Mar 2, 11:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene and 12 more	60 hr
Mar 3, 2:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Maries, Miller, Oregon, Phelps and 2 more	60 hr
Mar 3, 4:15 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell and 13 more	34 hr
Mar 3, 4:15 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	SGF	Barton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory and 6 more	29 hr
Mar 3, 8:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	23 hr
Mar 3, 5:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton	14 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.