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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

March 4, 2008Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2008, 8:01 AM CST for Shannon County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 4, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2008, 8:01 AM CST (14:01 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 4, 2008, 10:25 AM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
Minor

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 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 Jacks Fork at Eminence (EMCM7). The gauge peaked at 11.87 ft at Mar 4, 2008, 8:00 AM CST.

actionminormoderate5101503/0403/05
Action stage
6.4 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07066000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS43 KSGF 041401
FLWSGF
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
801 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...

  JACKS FORK RIVER AT EMINENCE AFFECTING SHANNON COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE JACKS FORK RIVER BASIN ON 
MONDAY HAS CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE RIVER LEVEL. THOSE 
WITH PROPERTY AND LIVESTOCK ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR RIVER CONDITIONS.

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC 
PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT 
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE)

MOC203-050201-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0021.080304T1500Z-080305T1500Z/
/EMCM7.1.ER.080304T1500Z.080304T1500Z.080304T1500Z.NO/
801 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE JACKS FORK RIVER AT EMINENCE.
* UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE BY 
  LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS NEAR THE GAGE SITE. IN
  ADDITION, THE CAMPGROUND AT ALLEY SPRINGS...UPSTREAM FROM EMINENCE 
  BEGINS TO FLOOD. 

$$

JLT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS83 KSGF 041625
FLSSGF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1025 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MISSOURI...
 
  JACKS FORK RIVER AT EMINENCE AFFECTING SHANNON COUNTY

.HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE JACKS FORK RIVER BASIN CAUSED THE RIVER
TO CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE EARLIER TODAY. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL 
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TODAY...THE RIVER SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
FLOOD STAGE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 

FOR THOSE NEAR THE RIVER...PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
STATEMENTS ON THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING STILL IN EFFECT FOR SHANNON
COUNTY. 

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC 
PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT 
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE)

MOC203-041655-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080305T1500Z/
/EMCM7.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1025 AM CST TUE MAR 04 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE JACKS FORK RIVER AT EMINENCE.
* AT 9:30 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 
  10 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

JLT

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.