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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Springfield, MO

October 9, 2009McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Oct 9, 2009, 5:30 AM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 9, 2009, 10:28 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2009, 5:30 AM CDT (10:30 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 9, 2009, 10:28 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 10, 2009, 2:41 PM CDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Moderate

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Elk River (MO) near Tiff City (TIFM7).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07189000, 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 Oct 9, 3:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 3:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 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
Oct 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon	14 hr
Oct 8, 8:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	13 hr
Oct 8, 8:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	15 hr
Oct 8, 9:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	13 hr
Oct 8, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	15 min
Oct 9, 12:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 16 more	9 hr
Oct 9, 12:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan, St. Clair, Vernon	9 hr
Oct 9, 7:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	31 hr
Oct 9, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	24 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.