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River Flood Warning 21, NWS Springfield, MO

May 16, 2010Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2010, 9:29 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It took effect at May 16, 2010, 12:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2010, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 16, 2010, 12:08 PM CDT
Expired
May 16, 2010, 9:12 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
Minor

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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 text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

262 
WGUS43 KSGF 161429
FLWSGF


BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
929 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED  A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...

  BIG PINEY RIVER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD AFFECTING PULASKI COUNTY
.RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED RIVER LEVELS TO 
RISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THOSE WITH PROPERTY AND LIVESTOCK ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR RIVER CONDITIONS.

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC 
PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/ 
INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE)

&&

MOC169-170229-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0021.100516T1708Z-100518T1200Z/
/TBNM7.1.ER.100516T1708Z.100517T0000Z.100517T1200Z.NO/
929 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BIG PINEY RIVER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD.
* AT  7:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 13.3 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS AFFECT THE PONTOON TRAINING 
  AREA. 

$$
1 follow-up statement
381 
WGUS83 KSGF 170212
FLSSGF
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
912 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
MISSOURI...
 
  BIG PINEY RIVER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD AFFECTING PULASKI COUNTY
  
.THE BIG PINEY RIVER HAS CRESTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
FALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY 
CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF WATER WILL 
CARRY MOST VEHICLES AWAY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC 
PREDICTION SERVICE PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/ 
INDEX.PHP?WFO=SGF (ALL LOWER CASE)

&&

MOC169-170242-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100518T1200Z/
/TBNM7.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
912 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BIG PINEY RIVER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD.
* AT  9:00 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 12.4 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 11.4 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING .
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...FLOOD WATERS AFFECT THE PONTOON TRAINING 
  AREA. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 1:10 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisorySGFBarry, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene and 12 more8 hr
May 16, 5:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton10 hr
May 16, 7:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Lawrence6 hr
May 16, 8:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFChristian, Greene, Stone, Taney6 hr
May 16, 9:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair6 hr
May 16, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDallas, Douglas, Ozark, Polk, Webster, Wright5 hr
May 16, 11:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Laclede, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski5 hr
May 16, 11:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDent, Maries, Phelps, Shannon, Texas4 hr
May 16, 12:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Lawrence, McDonald and 5 more24 hr
May 16, 2:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Cedar, Hickory, Laclede, Maries and 5 more23 hr
May 16, 4:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDouglas, Wright6 hr

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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.