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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Springfield, MO

May 14, 2009Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2009, 6:31 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at May 14, 2009, 2:07 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2009, 6:31 AM CDT (11:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2009, 2:07 PM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2009, 9:11 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marmaton River near Nevada (NVDM7). The gauge peaked at 23.39 ft at May 17, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918060, 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 14, 5:57 AM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 5:57 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 12:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1253 AM CDT THU MAY 14 2009

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

1238 AM     TSTM WND GST     PROTEM                  36.53N 92.86W
05/14/2009  E70 MPH          TANEY              MO   AMATEUR RADIO

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KARDELL

Local storm report, May 14, 1:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 1:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 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 13, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	62 min
May 13, 8:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade	57 min
May 13, 8:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	5 hr
May 13, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	90 min
May 13, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper	64 min
May 13, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Polk	49 min
May 13, 9:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Polk, St. Clair	4 hr
May 13, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	73 min
May 13, 10:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	77 min
May 13, 10:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence, Newton	4 hr
May 13, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	72 min
May 13, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	55 min
May 13, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney	91 min
May 13, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	39 min
May 13, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster	77 min
May 13, 11:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	38 min
May 13, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	47 min
May 13, 11:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	4 hr
May 13, 11:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	68 min
May 13, 11:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	59 min
May 13, 11:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Wright	26 min
May 13, 11:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	72 min
May 13, 11:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	34 min
May 14, 12:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney and 3 more	6 hr
May 14, 12:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	41 min
May 14, 12:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	65 min
May 14, 12:20 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	70 min
May 14, 12:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Oregon, Shannon	5 hr
May 14, 1:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell	32 min
May 14, 1:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 5 more	12 hr
May 14, 4:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	50 hr
May 14, 4:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	4 days
May 13, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Bourbon	77 min
May 13, 7:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	6 hr
May 13, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Crawford	75 min
May 13, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	71 min
May 13, 9:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	34 min
May 13, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	4 hr
May 13, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	30 min

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.