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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 1, 2008, 8:06 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 1, 2008, 5:17 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2008, 8:06 AM CDT (13:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2008, 5:17 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2008, 2:58 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 at Fort Scott (FSKK1).
- Action stage
- 36 ft
- Minor stage
- 38 ft
- Moderate stage
- 42 ft
- Major stage
- 43 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917500, 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 Jun 1, 6:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 6:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AVIATION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
610 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008
.DISCUSSION...
SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...AS A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS THE
REGION. A STRONGER LOW LEVEL JET HAS SET UP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING...OVER WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THE LAST FEW NIGHTS. THIS LOW
LEVEL JET HAS ADDED IN KEEPING THE THUNDERSTORMS ONGOING THIS
MORNING. THESE STORMS SHOULD MAINLY REMAIN ELEVATED THIS
MORNING...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER OVERALL THE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH OR WILL PUSH
SOUTH OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE BOUNDARY THAT
IS THE FOCUS FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH NORTH BACK INTO THE
CWA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT
POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THIS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CWA. SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS INSTABILITY INCREASES WITH THE
HEATING OF THE DAY.
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER
NEBRASKA INTO KANSAS AND WILL LIKELY DEVELOP INTO A MCS AND PUSH
SOUTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN CWA EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND WILL THEN
PUSH ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON...DUE TO STRONG WIND SHEAR AND A MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA. AGAIN ALL MODES OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE. WE WILL SEE STRONGER WIND SHEAR MONDAY
MORNING...BUT WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE MCS THAT MOVES INTO THE CWA
DURING THE MORNING HOURS AFFECTS REDEVELOPMENT DURING THE
AFTERNOON TO GET A BETTER HANDLE ON THE TORNADO POTENTIAL.
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TRIES TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TUESDAY INTO
THURSDAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE STORM TRACK FARTHER TO THE NORTH.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM WELL INTO THE 80S DURING THIS TIME...WITH
GULF MOISTURE REMAINING OVER THE AREA. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED POP UP SHOWERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE ECMWF MODEL CONTINUES TO BE
SLIGHTLY FASTER WITH THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GFS IS SLOWER WITH IT NOT MOVING THROUGH UNTIL
FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS
TIME. WILL HAVE TO GET A BETTER HANDLE AND EXACT TIMING AND
MESOSCALE FEATURES TO BETTER DISCERN THE SEVERE POTENTIAL.
WISE
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 12Z TAF PACKAGE...CONVECTION HAS MOVED OFF TO THE SOUTH OF
BOTH AIRFIELDS THIS MORNING FOR THE TIME BEING. SHOULD SEE THE
RETURN OF THUNDERSTORMS TO BOTH AERODROMES BY LATE MORNING AS
HEATING BEGINS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORM ON VARIOUS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION. TIMING ON CONVECTION TOUGH TO
PINPOINT...SO KEPT VCTS IN TAFS. YET ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION TO
MOVE IN FROM KANSAS OVERNIGHT. OUTSIDE OF TSRA...VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. WITHIN TSRA...MVFR CIG...POSSIBLY IFR VIS ARE EXPECTED.
GCC
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR MOZ066-070-071-
077>083-088>098-101>106.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR KSZ073-097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 412 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-020915- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 412 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED: SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING: HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. AREAS AFFECTED AND TIMING: THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD STAY BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS. HOWEVER...CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORM BECOMING MARGINALLY SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. DISCUSSION: THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS THESE STORMS HAVE SHOWED A WEAKENING TREND...HOWEVER A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY BECOME MARGINALLY SEVERE THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER SHEAR ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WHERE AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO KANSAS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA EARLY MONDAY MORNING. DAMAGING WINDS...MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS ACROSS THE AREA. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WORK WEEK AS ANOTHER SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) WISE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 4:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 414 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 MOZ094-095-102-103-010945- LAWRENCE MO-STONE MO-CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO- 414 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN BARRY...SOUTHERN LAWRENCE...STONE AND WESTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM CDT... AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MARIONVILLE TO AURORA TO VERONA TO MONETT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF AURORA TO AURORA TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AURORA TO MONETT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 33 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR... CLEVER BY 420 AM CDT. CRANE BY 425 AM CDT. GALENA BY 440 AM CDT. REEDS SPRING AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST BRANSON BY 445 AM CDT. THE TOWNS OF MADRY...WHEELERVILLE...MCDOWELL...HURLEY...ELSEY... JENKINS...PONCE DE LEON AND CAPE FAIR ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. GAGAN
Local storm report, Jun 1, 4:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
550 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 AM FLOOD 3 SE NEVADA 37.81N 94.32W
06/01/2008 VERNON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY BB AND STOCKADE ROAD UNDER 2.5
FEET OF WATER
&&
GCLAYCOMLocal storm report, Jun 1, 5:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
552 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 AM FLOOD 2 SE BRONAUGH 37.67N 94.44W
06/01/2008 VERNON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSECTION OF CR 1175 AND YOUNGER UNDER WATER AND
CLOSED
&&
GCLAYCOMSpecial weather statement, Jun 1, 6:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 610 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 MOZ103-104-011145- STONE MO-TANEY MO- 610 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE AND SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 AM CDT... AT 605 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIMBERLING CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 24 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN STONE AND SOUTHWESTERN TANEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BLUE EYE AND RIDGEDALE. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GAGAN
Local storm report, Jun 1, 7:40 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
740 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1255 AM HAIL ROUND SPRING 37.28N 91.41W
06/01/2008 E0.75 INCH SHANNON MO CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
GAGANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 62 min |
| May 31, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 45 min |
| May 31, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barton | 47 min |
| May 31, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 54 min |
| May 31, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Hickory, Polk | 49 min |
| May 31, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Polk | 68 min |
| May 31, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton | 33 min |
| May 31, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Greene, Webster | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Webster, Wright | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 1:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 2:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Greene, Stone | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 3:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Jun 1, 3:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 14 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone, Taney | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 10:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 11:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 4 hr |
| May 31, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 65 min |
| May 31, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 39 min |
| May 31, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 33 min |
| May 31, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 11:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 4 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.