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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 2013McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood warning at Apr 11, 2013, 10:10 AM CDT for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2013, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 11, 6:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 6:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 6:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 9:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 11, 9:41 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 11, 10:06 AM CDT, 4 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
Apr 10, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	SGF	Cedar	47 min
Apr 10, 10:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	33 hr
Apr 10, 11:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright	10 hr
Apr 11, 12:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller, Morgan	10 hr
Apr 11, 2:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton	8 hr
Apr 11, 4:08 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	28 hr
Apr 11, 7:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	32 hr
Apr 11, 9:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	8 hr
Apr 11, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Morgan, Polk	8 hr
Apr 11, 10:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller	8 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2013 Every areal flood warning in 2013

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.