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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Springfield, MO

May 24, 2015Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2015, 5:22 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It took effect at May 24, 2015, 7:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2015, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2015, 7:40 PM CDT
Expired: May 27, 2015, 7:25 AM CDT
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Sac River near Caplinger Mills (CMZM7). The gauge peaked at 15.00 ft at May 25, 2015, 1:00 PM 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 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 May 24, 3:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
409 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-250915-
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-
409 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED FLOODING RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  LIMITED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.

DISCUSSION...

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
THROUGH TODAY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO THE INTERSTATE 49 CORRIDOR OF FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT AS 1 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY INTO MONDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

THERE WILL BE A LIMITED RISK FOR WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 50 MPH
ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WITH ANY LINES OF STORMS THAT BOW TO THE
NORTH OR NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON.

NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 30 MPH THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG THE OZARK PLATEAU FROM MONETT TO SPRINGFIELD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

RAIN WILL TAPER OFF TEMPORARILY FROM THE WEST ON MONDAY. TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MONDAY
WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OR RIVER
FLOODING.

THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ON
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SCATTERED NON SEVERE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED
AT TIMES THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE)

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

HATCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 3:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
306 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

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

0255 AM     FLASH FLOOD      7 SW COLUMBUS           37.10N 94.93W
05/24/2015                   CHEROKEE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOUTHWEST 70TH FLOODED AND IMPASSIBLE BETWEEN MESSER AND
            CLEM ROADS.

0255 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N COLUMBUS            37.20N 94.84W
05/24/2015                   CHEROKEE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PORTION OF NORTHWEST 10TH STREET FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.

0255 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NE TREECE             37.01N 94.83W
05/24/2015                   CHEROKEE           KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOUTHEAST 10TH STREET FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE ABOUT A HALF
            MILE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 166.

&&

JSS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	8 days
May 24, 4:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon	11 hr
May 24, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	70 hr
May 24, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	57 hr
May 24, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton	18 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	27 min
May 24, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	36 min
May 24, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	52 min
May 24, 2:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Cedar, Dade, St. Clair	4 hr
May 24, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster, Wright	23 min
May 24, 3:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	56 hr
May 24, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Wright	33 min
May 24, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Shannon, Texas	28 min
May 24, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	36 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	48 min
May 24, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	49 min
May 24, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Pulaski, Texas	34 min
May 24, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Ozark, Taney	47 min
May 24, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	37 min
May 24, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	19 min
May 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Texas, Webster and 1 more	35 min
May 24, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Oregon	38 min
May 23, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	69 hr
May 24, 12:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	11 hr
May 24, 2:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Bourbon	6 hr
May 24, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Bourbon	6 hr
May 24, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	66 hr
May 24, 9:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	3 days
May 24, 11:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	3 hr
May 24, 11:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	3 hr
May 24, 2:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	9 hr

Nearby

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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.