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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Springfield, MO

May 20, 2010Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2010, 12:57 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at May 20, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2010, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 21, 2010, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity: Minor

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Horton (HTNM7). The gauge peaked at 40.96 ft at May 20, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 39 ft
Minor stage: 41 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917060, 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 20, 12:07 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:07 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 11:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 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
May 19, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Vernon	39 hr
May 19, 9:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	60 hr
May 20, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 26 more	36 hr
May 20, 3:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	4 days
May 20, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	18 hr
May 20, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	54 hr
May 20, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	30 min
May 20, 8:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.