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River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Springfield, MO

April 10, 2013Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood advisory at Apr 10, 2013, 8:23 PM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 10, 2013, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2013, 9:10 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sac River near Caplinger Mills (CMZM7). The gauge peaked at 19.14 ft at Apr 11, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06919900, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 10, 8:16 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 8:16 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
540 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-112245-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
540 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  ELEVATED TORNADO RISK.
  ELEVATED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED FREEZE RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS
  CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI EARLY THIS EVENING. SEVERE
  STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  GOLF BALLS AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THERE IS
  A RISK FOR A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. THE GREATEST TORNADO RISK WILL
  BE FROM STORMS TRACKING NORTHEAST OUT OF ARKANSAS GENERALLY
  ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A MOODY TO EMINENCE MISSOURI LINE ACROSS
  FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SEVERE RISK SHOULD GENERALLY
  PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY AROUND 9 PM THIS EVENING.

  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
  OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT
  HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL
  OCCUR IN SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY WHERE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE
  SAME AREAS. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF
  SMALL STREAMS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

  LOW TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH FREEZING ACROSS EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL CAUSE LOW TEMPERATURES TO
  DIP TO NEAR FREEZING BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS.
  TEMPERATURES MAY FALL INTO THE MID 30S OVER SOUTHEAST KANSAS
  AND WESTERN MISSOURI BY LATE TONIGHT AS WELL.

  SOUTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY.

  ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT...MONDAY
  AND TUESDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING
  ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

WFO SGF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
633 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0632 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SSE LA RUSSELL        37.13N 94.05W
04/10/2013                   LAWRENCE           MO   911 CALL CENTER

            BRIDGE FLOODED AT LAWRENCE AVE AND COUNTY ROAD 4

&&

MGRIFFIN

Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:23 PM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 7:35 PM CDT, 48 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, 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
Apr 11, 10:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	8 hr

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River Flood Advisories in Missouri, 2013 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.