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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Springfield, MO

August 20, 2009Cherokee County, Kansas

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.

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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, Aug 20, 3:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 20, 6:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper54 min
Aug 19, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton55 min
Aug 19, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDade, Lawrence32 min
Aug 19, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarton, Jasper45 min
Aug 19, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair, Vernon67 min
Aug 19, 10:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper6 hr
Aug 19, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more73 min
Aug 19, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton46 min
Aug 19, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Laclede and 3 more68 min
Aug 19, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLawrence, Newton53 min
Aug 19, 11:37 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFCamden, Laclede14 min
Aug 19, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFBarry, McDonald43 min
Aug 19, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas and 1 more72 min
Aug 20, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone6 hr
Aug 20, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone29 min
Aug 20, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry, Stone23 min
Aug 20, 12:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFLawrence6 hr
Aug 20, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFStone, Taney60 min
Aug 20, 1:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton5 hr
Aug 20, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFNewton27 min
Aug 20, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald55 min
Aug 20, 3:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFJasper2 hr
Aug 20, 6:02 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton and 1 more27 hr
Aug 19, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford45 min
Aug 19, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee, Crawford45 min
Aug 19, 10:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCherokee6 hr
Aug 19, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCherokee31 min
Aug 19, 11:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFCrawford6 hr
Aug 20, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCrawford41 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2009Every 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.