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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Springfield, MO

November 15, 2009Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Nov 15, 2009, 5:38 PM CST for Cedar County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 16, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2009, 5:38 PM CST (23:38 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 16, 2009, 11:56 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
Minor

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Sac River near Caplinger Mills (CMZM7). The gauge peaked at 16.11 ft at Nov 16, 2009, 1:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06919900, 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 Nov 15, 5:13 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 5:13 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 12:45 PM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1245 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-161845-
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-
1245 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. SOME ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO OCCUR BUT SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAVIER RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF BY MIDDAY MONDAY.
HOWEVER..SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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, Nov 15, 1:12 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
112 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009

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

1245 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WACO                    37.25N 94.60W
11/15/2009  E1.75 INCH       JASPER             MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER NOTED SEVERAL LOCAL COUNTY
            ROADS IN THE WACO AND ASBURY AREA HAD 3-4 INCHES OF WATER
            FLOWING OVER THEM BUT WERE STILL PASSABLE.

&&

DSA
Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:48 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
248 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009

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

0241 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CAMDENTON               38.01N 92.74W
11/15/2009                   CAMDEN             MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING ACROSS MANY LOW WATER AREAS IN THE COUNTY.

&&

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Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:50 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
250 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009

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

0249 PM     FLASH FLOOD      VERSAILLES              38.43N 92.84W
11/15/2009                   MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LOW WATER CROSSING ACROSS THE COUNTY ARE FLOODED
            AND IMPASSABLE.

&&

HATCH
Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:55 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
255 PM CST SUN NOV 15 2009

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

0249 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ELDON                   38.35N 92.58W
11/15/2009                   MILLER             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL LOW WATER ROADS AND BRIDGES ARE WATER COVERED AND
            IMPASSABLE.

&&

HATCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 10:06 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMorgan6 hr
Nov 15, 11:52 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFMiller4 hr
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTFlood WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 25 more18 hr
Nov 15, 12:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton3 hr
Nov 15, 1:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Jasper, St. Clair, Vernon3 hr
Nov 15, 2:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFCamden6 hr
Nov 15, 3:32 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas5 hr
Nov 15, 3:45 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Benton, Cedar, Jasper, Miller, Morgan and 2 more6 hr

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.