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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 15, 2013, 6:29 PM CDT for Jasper County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 15, 2013, 6:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2013, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2013, 6:49 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2013, 8:05 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Jasper County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Spring River at Carthage (CHTM7). The gauge peaked at 7.53 ft at Jun 15, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07185765, 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 Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 4:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 419 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 419 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 AS HAS BEEN STATED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES...QUITE THE MESSY FORECAST FOR THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL SHEAR AXIS OVER KS/OK HAS SPARKED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN HALF OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. STORM INTENSITY HAS COME DOWN A BIT AS WE HAVE SPENT A BIT OF THE AVAILABLE CAPE BUDGET. CAPE AND MARGINAL DEEP SHEAR (30KT GIVE OR TAKE) STILL DO SUPPORT A LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER RISK WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS POSSIBLE. SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON REPORTS HAVE BEEN SPORADIC AND WE EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE. DEFINITELY OBSERVING EFFICIENT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCTION WITH THESE STORMS. WHILE THE INCREDIBLE RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SOUTH SPRINGFIELD ARE THE ANOMALY (BY FAR)...WE ARE STILL OBSERVING WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THE ACTIVITY OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. EXPECTATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT ARE FOR STORMS TO BUILD TO THE NORTHEAST AND AFFECT (MAINLY) AREAS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO MARSHFIELD TO SALEM. ANY SEVERE RISK WILL BE THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN RATHER LOCALIZED. DEFINITELY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD WITH TIME. AT THIS TIME...SHORT RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS ACTIVITY COULD DISSIPATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THOUGH WITH SUCH A MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH LIFT TO MAINTAIN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 419 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. MCS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT. IT IS PLAUSIBLE THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD SPREAD INTO THE REGION AS FORWARD PROPAGATING STORM MOTION VECTORS POINT INTO OUR REGION. A SEVERE WIND RISK IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS MCS AND IT WILL BE SOMETHING WE WATCH CLOSELY WITH FUTURE FORECASTS. COLD FRONT WILL FINALLY (THOUGH TEMPORARILY) MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY BRINGING (TEMPORARILY) A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE REGION. AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW AMPLIFIES AGAIN DURING MIDWEEK THIS FRONT WILL RETURN NORTHEASTWARD AND BRING YET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR STORMS FROM TIME TO TIME FROM WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS INDICATE THAT A WARMING TREND IS IN THE OFFING FROM FRIDAY ONWARD AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY GET INTO THE 90S DURING THE DAY WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 109 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. SEVERAL SUBTLE FORMS OF LIFT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE ON AGAIN/OFF AGAIN (PERIODIC) ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MVFR/IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE BENEATH THUNDERSTORMS WITH MAINLY VFR OUTSIDE OF STORMS. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...OTHERWISE GENERAL WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...GAGAN LONG TERM...GAGAN AVIATION...GAGAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 424 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-162130- 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- 424 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RISK. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST FROM EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...AFFECTING AREAS PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CASSVILLE TO MARSHFIELD TO SALEM THROUGH TONIGHT. WHILE INSTABILITY LEVELS HAVE DECREASED A BIT AND SHEAR REMAINS MARGINAL THERE IS STILL SUPPORT FOR A LOCALIZED SEVERE WEATHER RISK. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BIGGER RISK WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND RESULT IN A RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AS SEVERAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AND INTERACT WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE WITH THE PASSAGE OF EACH OF THESE DISTURBANCES THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && 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) GAGAN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
444 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0444 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 W NEVADA 37.84N 94.48W
06/15/2013 VERNON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
DRY WOOD CREEK IS FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 54 WEST OF
NEVADA. 1 FOOT OF WATER IS OVER A SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY.
&&
DCRAMERLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
448 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0447 PM FLASH FLOOD 7 E NASHVILLE 37.37N 94.36W
06/15/2013 BARTON MO EMERGENCY MNGR
BRIDGE WASHED OUT FROM FLASH FLOODING OF A SMALL
TRIBUTARY OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE SPRING RIVER.
&&
DCRAMERLocal storm report, Jun 15, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
452 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 37.17N 94.84W
06/15/2013 CHEROKEE KS EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SUSPECTS THAT A MICRO BURST HIT THE
TOWN OF COLUMBUS. SEVERAL TREES OF ALL SIZES WERE
DESTROYED ALONG WITH ONE ROOF OF A GARAGE THAT WAS RIPPED
OFF.
&&
DCRAMERLocal storm report, Jun 15, 5:41 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dallas | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 11:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Christian, Stone | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 1:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 63 min |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Barry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 2:44 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Stone | 48 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, Newton, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Lawrence | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Polk | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 12:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee | 39 min |
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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.