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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Springfield, MO

June 16, 2009Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2009, 2:07 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 16, 2009, 11:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2009, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2009, 11:27 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 9:44 AM CDT
In force: 10 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 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marmaton River at Fort Scott (FSKK1). The gauge peaked at 38.26 ft at Jun 17, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT.

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 16, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 12:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 12:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:16 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 1:26 PM CDT, 41 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
Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	57 min
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	20 min
Jun 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	6 hr
Jun 15, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	61 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark	33 min
Jun 15, 8:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	5 hr
Jun 15, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	72 min
Jun 15, 10:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Polk, St. Clair and 1 more	12 hr
Jun 15, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	79 min
Jun 15, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton	85 min
Jun 15, 11:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, St. Clair	12 hr
Jun 15, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	53 min
Jun 15, 11:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Morgan	65 min
Jun 15, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Hickory	70 min
Jun 15, 11:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	79 min
Jun 16, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries	72 min
Jun 16, 12:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Pulaski	13 hr
Jun 16, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	40 min
Jun 16, 4:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	53 min
Jun 16, 4:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	50 min
Jun 16, 5:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	41 min
Jun 16, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, St. Clair	48 min
Jun 16, 5:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	33 min
Jun 16, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	47 min
Jun 16, 5:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Polk	35 min
Jun 16, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	40 min
Jun 16, 6:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Polk	45 min
Jun 16, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Webster	23 min
Jun 16, 6:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	35 min
Jun 16, 6:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster	25 min
Jun 16, 6:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Polk	5 hr
Jun 16, 6:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	6 hr
Jun 16, 6:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	36 min
Jun 16, 7:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence, Newton, Webster	6 hr
Jun 16, 7:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Jun 16, 7:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
Jun 16, 7:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	43 hr
Jun 16, 7:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Shannon, Texas	43 min
Jun 16, 7:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, McDonald, Stone	5 hr
Jun 16, 8:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Phelps, Pulaski	6 hr
Jun 16, 8:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	5 hr
Jun 16, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
Jun 16, 9:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Oregon, Shannon	6 hr
Jun 16, 10:41 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	9 hr
Jun 16, 10:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Hickory, Morgan and 2 more	9 hr
Jun 16, 12:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede, Polk	8 hr
Jun 16, 1:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski and 1 more	6 hr
Jun 15, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	71 min
Jun 15, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Crawford	31 min
Jun 15, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	28 min
Jun 16, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	62 min
Jun 16, 7:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	37 hr
Jun 16, 12:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	24 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.