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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

May 12, 2010Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2010, 3:57 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at May 13, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2010, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2010, 4:42 PM CDT
In force
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 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Fulton (FTNK1). The gauge peaked at 17.79 ft at May 14, 2010, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917000, 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 May 12, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 2:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 10:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 10:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 10:24 AM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 1:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 1:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 1:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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
May 11, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	61 min
May 11, 11:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	6 hr
May 11, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	6 hr
May 12, 12:28 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller, Morgan	6 hr
May 12, 12:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	6 hr
May 12, 12:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski	62 min
May 12, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton	5 hr
May 12, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	51 min
May 12, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	66 min
May 12, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
May 12, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
May 12, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede	64 min
May 12, 2:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	4 hr
May 12, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	48 min
May 12, 3:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Phelps	54 min
May 12, 3:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 14 more	39 hr
May 12, 4:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	11 hr
May 12, 5:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Cedar, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Maries and 4 more	10 hr
May 12, 5:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	6 hr
May 12, 6:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	14 hr
May 12, 9:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	12 days
May 12, 11:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Miller, Morgan	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.