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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Springfield, MO

May 2, 2009Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2009, 1:26 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2009, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2009, 12:05 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:26 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 17.75 ft at May 2, 2009, 9:00 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 May 1, 6:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:15 PM CDT, 7 hours 11 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
May 1, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	23 min
May 1, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	24 min
May 2, 6:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	51 hr
May 2, 8:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	10 hr
May 2, 6:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.