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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Springfield, MO

September 7, 2015Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Sep 7, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 8, 2015, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2015, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2015, 6:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 10, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
52 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 Little Osage River at Horton (HTNM7). The gauge peaked at 40.53 ft at Sep 8, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
39 ft
Minor stage
41 ft
Moderate stage
45 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917060, 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 Sep 7, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 6:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 11:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFDade, Dallas, Polk5 hr
Sep 8, 12:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFGreene4 hr
Sep 8, 2:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry6 hr
Sep 8, 3:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFMcDonald5 hr
Sep 8, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCherokee45 min

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.