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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 20, 2009, 8:27 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 20, 2009, 3:07 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2009, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 20, 2009, 3:07 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2009, 9:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Spring River near Baxter Springs (BXTK1). The gauge peaked at 12.04 ft at Aug 20, 2009, 1:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07187600, 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 Aug 20, 6:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 354 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2009 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-210900- 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- 354 AM CDT THU AUG 20 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS STATE LINE THROUGH 8 AM. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH. ONGOING FLOODING FROM LAST NIGHTS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR TODAY. SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. PATCHY DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... FURTHER SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TODAY.. && 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) DSA
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair, Vernon | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more | 73 min |
| Aug 19, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Camden, Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede and 3 more | 68 min |
| Aug 19, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Lawrence, Newton | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Camden, Laclede | 14 min |
| Aug 19, 11:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Barry, McDonald | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas and 1 more | 72 min |
| Aug 20, 12:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Stone | 23 min |
| Aug 20, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Lawrence | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 1:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Newton | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 3:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Jasper | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 6:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Aug 20, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Crawford | 41 min |
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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.