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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Springfield, MO

May 20, 2010Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2010, 3:26 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at May 20, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2010, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT
Expired
May 23, 2010, 3:26 PM CDT
In force
3 days
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 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marmaton River near Nevada (NVDM7). The gauge peaked at 22.89 ft at May 21, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918060, 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, 2:34 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:34 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 2:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 19, 11:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 7:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Vernon39 hr
May 19, 9:38 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar60 hr
May 20, 12:32 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 26 more36 hr
May 20, 12:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon32 hr
May 20, 8:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper18 hr
May 20, 9:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski54 hr
May 20, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Hickory, Polk30 min
May 20, 8:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCherokee8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2010Every 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.