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River Flood Warning 114, NWS Springfield, MO

December 25, 2015Laclede County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 8:56 AM CST for Laclede County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 5:13 AM CST. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2015, 5:13 AM CST
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 3:44 AM CST
In force: 71 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Laclede County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Gasconade River near Hazelgreen (HZLM7). The gauge peaked at 33.68 ft at Dec 28, 2015, 6:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06928000, 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 Dec 25, 5:26 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:26 AM CST, 3 hours 30 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
Dec 24, 7:38 PM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Pulaski	4 days
Dec 25, 8:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	4 days
Dec 25, 8:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	7 days
Dec 25, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	4 days
Dec 25, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	4 days
Dec 25, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	5 days
Dec 25, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	7 days
Dec 25, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Ozark	4 days
Dec 25, 11:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.