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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Springfield, MO

April 18, 2008Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2008, 9:53 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 18, 2008, 8:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2008, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2008, 8:19 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2008, 9:29 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
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 14:54 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). The gauge peaked at 16.56 ft at Apr 19, 2008, 5:00 AM 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 Apr 18, 6:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 8:21 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 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
Apr 17, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	51 min
Apr 17, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	56 min
Apr 17, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	9 hr
Apr 17, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	37 min
Apr 17, 10:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, St. Clair, Vernon	8 hr
Apr 17, 10:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	8 hr
Apr 18, 5:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence and 4 more	4 hr
Apr 17, 7:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	9 hr
Apr 18, 3:51 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	6 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.