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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Springfield, MO

March 28, 2009Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2009, 3:12 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 8:07 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2009, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2009, 8:07 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2009, 4:26 PM CDT
In force: 20 hr
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 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Fulton (FTNK1).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917000, 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 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:06 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
100 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-291800-
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-
100 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

 RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
 FROM WEST TO EAST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HEAVIEST OVER THE
 OSAGE PLAINS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR WESTERN
 MISSOURI. ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS REGION COULD RANGE FROM TWO TO
 FIVE INCHES. LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM NEOSHO UP TO WARSAW
 WILL RECEIVE LESSER AMOUNTS RANGING FROM A TRACE TO TWO INCHES.

 STORM TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION COULD ADD UP TO TWO INCHES OVER
 EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. FLOODING
 WILL  BE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
 MARMATON... LITTLE OSAGE...AND OSAGE RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT. NO SEVERE
 STORMS ARE EXPECTED.

 ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY
 ASSOCIATED WITH A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING THROUGH THE PLAINS INTO
 THE OZARKS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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)

GAGAN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 28, 11:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1107 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

1105 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG DEVON                   37.92N  94.82W
03/28/2009                   BOURBON            KS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TWO TREES REPORTED DOWN IN TOWN. SATURATED GROUND AND
            FLOODING OCCURING AT THAT TIME. GUSTS ESTIMATED AT 45
            MPH.

&&

HATCH

Local storm report, Mar 28, 12:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1207 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

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

1206 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W FULTON              38.01N  94.77W
03/28/2009                   BOURBON            KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAY NEAR K 31 AND 165 ROAD FROM
            LITTLE OSAGE RIVER

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ANGLE

Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 1:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:19 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:38 PM CDT, 34 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 28, 9:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	6 hr
Mar 28, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Mar 28, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Mar 28, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	11 hr
Mar 28, 2:44 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 16 more	18 hr
Mar 28, 3:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.