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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Springfield, MO

April 30, 2009Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2009, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 10:37 PM CDT
In force: 14 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 13:17 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 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 Apr 30, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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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 29, 9:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	12 hr
Apr 30, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	6 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.