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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Springfield, MO

April 18, 2013Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 9:35 AM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 19, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2013, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2013, 2:20 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Gasconade River at Jerome (JRMM7).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06933500, 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 Apr 18, 6:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
620 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 405 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY INTO THE CENTRAL
U.S. TODAY. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH
EAST THIS MORNING WITHIN THE DEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH. A BROAD DIFFLUENT FLOW ON THE NOSE OF A POWERFUL UPPER JET
ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDDAY.

WHILE INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL EARLY TODAY SHEAR PROFILES WILL
SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. OF GREATER
CONCERN THIS MORNING WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING.
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.5 INCHES WILL LEAD TO EFFICIENT
RAINFALL AND TRAINING CELLS WILL HEIGHTEN THE FLOOD RISK. EXPECT
THE RAINFALL TO PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AS A SURFACE WAVE RIDES
NORTH ALONG THE FRONT. ONCE THIS SURFACE LOW TRACKS TO THE NORTH
THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE STEADILY EAST.

SOME RECOVERY IN INSTABILITY MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI BEFORE THE FRONT EXITS TO THE EAST THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE BRUNT OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE TO THE
EAST.

THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SURGE EAST LATER THIS MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON RESULTING IN STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION AND FALLING
TEMPERATURES.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT WITH LOWS FALLING
INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S. SOME LOCATIONS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCH
THE FREEZING MARK. HOWEVER CLOUDS AND STEADY NORTHWEST WIND
SHOULD PREVENT FROST EXCEPT FOR VERY LOCALIZED WIND PROTECTED
AREAS.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 405 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

THE UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO FRIDAY WITH SOME
AREAS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE 40S. CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE
MORE FAVORABLE FOR FROST OR EVEN A FREEZE AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE OZARKS.

SOUTHERLY WINDS AND A BIT OF A WARM UP WILL RETURN SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL AS A BROAD
UPPER TROUGH INFLUENCES MUCH OF THE LOWER 48.

A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL BRING CHANCES OF RAINFALL AS EARLY
AS SUNDAY BUT MORE LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK. A DEEP UPPER TROUGH IS
PROGGED TO DIG INTO THE CENTRAL U.S. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WHICH
WILL BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONT FOLLOWED BY COLDER TEMPERATURES.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 613 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN AS OF
11Z. MAIN PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF CONVECTION HAS SHIFTED EAST...STRETCHING
FROM SALEM TO BBG WITH RESIDUAL WEAKER CONVECTION BEHIND THE
FRONT. CEILINGS WERE GENERALLY VFR BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE BUT
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND DROP TO IFR/MVFR BEHIND THE FRONT. SHOULD
SEE THIS TREND TODAY AS THE FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA FROM
WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. WILL LIKELY RISE INTO MVFR CATEGORY BY
LATE IN THE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MOZ055>058-066>071-
     077>081-088>091-093-094-101-102.

KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&

SHORT TERM...FOSTER
LONG TERM...FOSTER
AVIATION...LINDENBERG

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 5:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
516 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-191030-
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-
516 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

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

DISCUSSION...

  A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE
  EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS INTO EARLY THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
  QUARTERS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THERE
  IS A LIMITED RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES EMBEDDED WITHIN THE
  LINE OF STORMS.

  FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS
  WILL ALL REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EXTREME
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. FLOODING OF MAIN
  STEM RIVERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

  NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED AS A
  SHARPLY COLDER AIR MASS SPREADS OVER THE REGION BEHIND A
  COLD FRONT. A LIGHT FREEZE WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
  ESPECIALLY IN PROTECTED VALLEYS WEST OF AN OSAGE BEACH TO
  BRANSON LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

  TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S
  AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT.

  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
  WEEK AS A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED
  STATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE EASTERN
  MISSOURI OZARKS INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

&&

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)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
737 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0700 AM     FLASH FLOOD      10 SE CASSVILLE         36.57N 93.74W
04/18/2013                   BARRY              MO   PARK/FOREST SRVC

            NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED IN ROARING RIVER
            STATE PARK.

&&

JCOLUCCI

Local storm report, Apr 18, 7:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
742 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0720 AM     FLASH FLOOD      4 NW AVA                37.00N 92.71W
04/18/2013                   DOUGLAS            MO   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            PORTION OF ROUTE K CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ALONG COWSKIN
            CREEK.

&&

LINDENBERG

Local storm report, Apr 18, 8:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
814 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0733 AM     HEAVY RAIN       14 NW GIRARD            37.65N 95.02W
04/18/2013  M4.00 INCH       CRAWFORD           KS   PUBLIC

            TWENTY FOUR HOUR TOTAL.

&&

JCOLUCCI

Local storm report, Apr 18, 9:00 AM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
900 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0855 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 SE AVA                36.94N 92.65W
04/18/2013                   DOUGLAS            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER RESCUE OF SCHOOL BUS CR305 ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF
            AVA.

&&

DSA

Local storm report, Apr 18, 9:11 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
911 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0845 AM     FLASH FLOOD      ROME                    36.84N 92.77W
04/18/2013                   DOUGLAS            MO   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WATER RESCUE AT A LOW WATER CROSSING. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

DSA

Local storm report, Apr 18, 9:15 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
915 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

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

0842 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S WASOLA              36.76N 92.58W
04/18/2013                   OZARK              MO   PUBLIC

            FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BY PUBLIC...RELAYED BY MEDIA.

&&

JCOLUCCI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 1:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	36 min
Apr 18, 1:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper	48 min
Apr 18, 1:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	47 min
Apr 18, 2:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Dade, Lawrence	42 min
Apr 18, 2:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	7 hr
Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Polk	57 min
Apr 18, 3:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	3 days
Apr 18, 5:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry	4 hr
Apr 18, 5:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent	42 min
Apr 18, 6:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Stone, Taney	6 hr
Apr 18, 6:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	34 min
Apr 18, 6:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	27 min
Apr 18, 7:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	37 min
Apr 18, 7:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	31 min
Apr 18, 7:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Hickory, Miller, Morgan, St. Clair	10 hr
Apr 18, 7:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Lawrence, Polk and 1 more	10 hr
Apr 18, 8:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	25 min
Apr 18, 8:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	3 hr
Apr 18, 8:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon	6 hr
Apr 18, 9:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Texas, Wright	3 hr
Apr 18, 9:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	32 min
Apr 18, 10:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon, Shannon	33 min
Apr 18, 11:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Howell, Shannon, Texas	6 hr
Apr 18, 11:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Texas and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 18, 2:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	46 hr
Apr 18, 2:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	21 hr
Apr 18, 3:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Phelps and 1 more	3 hr
Apr 18, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Maries, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas	18 hr
Apr 18, 5:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	25 hr
Apr 18, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney, Wright	18 hr
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	10 hr

Nearby

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