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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO

March 3, 2008Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2008, 8:15 AM CST for Cedar County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 9:10 AM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2008, 8:15 AM CST (14:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 3, 2008, 9:10 AM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2008, 6:52 AM CST
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sac River near Caplinger Mills (CMZM7).

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 Mar 3, 5:23 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:23 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 4:52 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 2:21 AM CST, 5 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
221 AM CST MON MAR 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 AM     FLOOD            2 W JASPER              37.34N  94.34W
03/03/2008                   JASPER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROAD FLOODED AT SUMAC RD NEAR 18TH RD. FOUR TO SIX
            INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.

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DSA

Local storm report, Mar 3, 2:28 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
228 AM CST MON MAR 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     FLOOD            ANDERSON                36.65N  94.44W
03/03/2008                   MCDONALD           MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TWO FEET OF WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD AT F HWY AND
            STATE HWY 59.

&&

DSA

Local storm report, Mar 3, 2:35 AM CST, 5 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
235 AM CST MON MAR 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0234 AM     FLOOD            2 S WARSAW              38.21N  93.38W
03/03/2008                   BENTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UNKOWN AMOUNT OF WATER OVER ROAD AT STATE HWY 83 AND
            LONE STAR SOUTH OF WARSAW. ROAD NOT CLOSED AT THIS TIME.

&&

DSA

Local storm report, Mar 3, 2:40 AM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 AM CST MON MAR 03 2008

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0238 AM     FLOOD            NEOSHO                  36.87N  94.37W
03/03/2008                   NEWTON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS ARE FLOODED AND CLOSED IN THE CITY OF
            NEOSHO. NO REPORTS IN THE COUNTY AT THIS TIME.

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 6:44 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 7:20 AM CST, 55 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	Vernon	49 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, 5:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton	14 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.