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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Springfield, MO

August 26, 2019Bates County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Aug 26, 2019, 8:34 PM CDT for Bates County, Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 27, 2019, 12:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2019, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 27, 2019, 12:08 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 29, 2019, 10:19 AM CDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Bates County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Osage River near Schell City (SCZM7). The gauge peaked at 30.13 ft at Aug 28, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918070, 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 Aug 26, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Springfield MO
655 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday)
Issued at 326 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

Very complex and challenging forecast given the current storms
moving through southern Missouri at this time with model guidance
remaining very poor today. An outflow boundary currently resides
from Chanute, KS to Joplin to Cassville, MO with a stabilized
airmass occuring north of that line. The atmosphere along and
southwest of that line was very unstable with ML capes around 4000
j/kg. Satellite imagery showed that the outflow boundary was
slowing down its southwest extent and beginning to intersect with
a frontal boundary west of Chanute.

Thunderstorms will continue for the next few hours across southern
Missouri before exiting the south and east. The big question for
the remainder of the evening and night is with the activity that
will get going later on (after 7pm) across southeast Kansas and
northeast Oklahoma as shortwave energy moves in. This activity
will likely develop and move east, likely remaining the strongest
near and south of the outflow boundary/recovering airmass region.
Large hail to the size of golf balls will still be possible,
however this looks to be confined to extreme southeast Kansas and
far southwest Missouri, locations further northeast will likely
see smaller hail sizes. As far as winds go, damaging winds in
excess of 60-70mph will be possible even a little further north of
the outflow boundary. Cant rule out an isolated tornado,
especially if any cells have boundary interaction.

Timing/Locations: Storms will likely regenerate to our west after
7pm and move into southeast Kansas by 7-9pm with storms moving
through southern Missouri, mainly along and south of a Ft Scott
Kansas, to Bolivar, Mo to Eminence, Mo line. in the 9pm-1am
timeframe. Locations further north of this line may see very
little additional convection or severe potential.

Conditions on Tuesday look much calmer and quieter with highs in
the upper 70s to near 80 with northerly flow at 850mb.

.LONG TERM...(Tuesday Night through Monday)
Issued at 326 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

Surface high pressure will slide over head mid week, providing
cooler and drier conditions across the area. Zonal flow returns
by the end of the week into the weekend with precip chances
increasing across the area.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Tuesday evening)
Issued at 639 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

The Ozarks had a storm system move through earlier today. Behind
the earlier system flight conditions improved to VFR with only
some high cirrus clouds over the area. A cold front will move
through the region this evening and into the early morning hours.
Along the front showers and storms will bring MVFR to IFR
ceilings and visibilities with heavy rainfall. Winds will s=shift
from southerly to northerly behind the front with low IFR stratus
lingering across the region through early Tuesday afternoon. Skies
will then clear from west to east by the afternoon and into
Tuesday evening.

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...Burchfield
LONG TERM...Burchfield
AVIATION...Hatch

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 8:17 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 5:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
554 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0215 PM     HAIL             WAYNESVILLE             37.83N 92.20W
08/26/2019  E0.70 INCH       PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN WAYNESVILLE.

&&

CKR

Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
649 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNW BILLINGS          37.11N 93.58W
08/26/2019                   GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
            NORTHWEST OF BILLINGS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

KP

Local storm report, Aug 26, 6:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
653 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0215 PM     HAIL             WAYNESVILLE             37.83N 92.20W
08/26/2019  E0.70 INCH       PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL IN WAYNESVILLE.

0218 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E GREENFIELD          37.42N 93.80W
08/26/2019                   DADE               MO   PUBLIC

            PICTURE OF A TREE DOWNED ONTO A DRIVEWAY
            EAST OF GREENFIELD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0220 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E SAINT ROBERT        37.83N 92.14W
08/26/2019                   PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

            DOWNED TREES AND DAMAGE TO A ROOF IN ST.
            ROBERT. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0222 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NNE FORT LEONARD WOOD 37.74N 92.14W
08/26/2019  M53 MPH          PULASKI            MO   AWOS

            FORT LEONARD WOOD AIRPORT.

0225 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NW CROCKER            37.97N 92.27W
08/26/2019  M60 MPH          PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

            LARGE LIMB DOWN IN BACK YARD.

0225 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EVERTON                 37.34N 93.71W
08/26/2019                   DADE               MO   PUBLIC

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND LEANING POWER LINES.
            THE BACK OF AN OUTBUILDING WAS ALSO BLOWN
            OUT. DAMAGE IS LAYING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
            TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0229 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE FORT LEONARD WOOD  37.77N 92.11W
08/26/2019                   PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

            1 INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN
            OFF.

0230 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW SWEDEBORG         37.90N 92.38W
08/26/2019                   PULASKI            MO   PUBLIC

            TREES WERE DOWN BLOCKING HIGHWAY 133 BETWEEN
            SWEDEBORG AND RICHLAND IN NORTHERN PULASKI
            COUNTY, MO.

0230 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NNW VICHY             38.13N 91.77W
08/26/2019  M54 MPH          MARIES             MO   ASOS

            FROM THE ASOS AT VICHY/ROLLA AIRPORT. SQUALL
            REPORTED.

0234 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROLLA                   37.95N 91.77W
08/26/2019                   PHELPS             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE ON RESIDENCE IN ROLLA ON FAULKNER. NO
            INJURIES REPORTED. TREES ALSO DOWN IN AREA
            OF PHELPS HEALTH HOSPITAL IN ROLLA. TIME
            BASED ON RADAR.

0234 PM     TSTM WND GST     EVERTON                 37.34N 93.70W
08/26/2019  E50 MPH          DADE               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            40-50 MPH, SMALL LIMBS DOWN SOUTH OF
            EVERTON.

0238 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SSW ASH GROVE         37.27N 93.63W
08/26/2019  E60 MPH          LAWRENCE           MO   PUBLIC

            5 MILES NORTH OF HALLTOWN NE LAWRENCE COUNTY
            WIND SPEED ESTIMATED 60 MILES PER HOUR. 1 TO
            2 INCH BRANCHES DOWN.

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLER                  37.22N 93.84W
08/26/2019                   LAWRENCE           MO   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN MILLER MO AROUND 2:45 PM.

0252 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW AURORA             36.98N 93.73W
08/26/2019                   LAWRENCE           MO   PUBLIC

            PICTURES OF MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED OFF OF
            HIGH STREET AND ELLIOT AVE IN NORTHERN
            AURORA.

0255 PM     HAIL             BILLINGS                37.07N 93.55W
08/26/2019  E1.00 INCH       CHRISTIAN          MO   STORM CHASER

            ALSO LIMBS BLOWN DOWN.

0256 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W HALLTOWN            37.19N 93.66W
08/26/2019                   LAWRENCE           MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            NUMEROUS TREES BROKEN, UPROOTED AND SNAPPED
            IN HALF OFF OF HIGHWAY 96 NEAR THE
            INTERSTATE 44 EXIT IN HALLTOWN. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW HALLTOWN          37.18N 93.63W
08/26/2019                   LAWRENCE           MO   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE.

0300 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NNW BILLINGS          37.11N 93.58W
08/26/2019                   GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT OF SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED
            NORTHWEST OF BILLINGS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0309 PM     HAIL             REPUBLIC                37.12N 93.48W
08/26/2019  U0.50 INCH       GREENE             MO   PUBLIC

            HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).

0320 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE BOAZ              36.96N 93.38W
08/26/2019                   STONE              MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            JUST LOST A LIMB OUT OF A POST OAK TREE IN
            MY FRONT YARD. PROBABLY 3 TO 4 INCHES IN
            WIDTH. RAIN IS SIDEWAYS.

0340 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE PONCE DE LEON     36.83N 93.34W
08/26/2019                   CHRISTIAN          MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HEAVY DAMAGE TO SEVERAL METAL OUTBUILDINGS
            NEAR HIGHWAY 160. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0343 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW CHESTNUTRIDGE      36.81N 93.31W
08/26/2019                   STONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MULTIPLE TREES AND 2 POWERLINES DOWNED OFF
            OF RENO SPRINGS ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 ENE REEDS SPRING      36.77N 93.34W
08/26/2019                   STONE              MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A POWER LINE AND MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON
            KEYSTONE ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 160. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0410 PM     HAIL             FORSYTH                 36.68N 93.11W
08/26/2019  E0.50 INCH       TANEY              MO   PUBLIC

            HALF INCH HAIL REPORT IN FORSYTH. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 26, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
715 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E REEDS SPRING        36.74N 93.29W
08/26/2019                   TANEY              MO   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT RELAYED BY MEDIA PARTNER OF A
            TREE INTO A HOME NEAR BRANSON OFF HIGHWAY
            160 AND HIGHWAY 248.

&&

KP

Special weather statement, Aug 26, 7:47 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
747 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

MOZ079>081-270130-
Dallas MO-Polk MO-Laclede MO-
747 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DALLAS...NORTHWESTERN
LACLEDE AND EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

At 747 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Buffalo, moving east at 30 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bennett Spring State Park...      Buffalo...
Halfway...                        Bennett Springs...
Louisburg...                      Windyville...
Plad...                           Goodson...
Long Lane...                      Pumpkin Center...

This includes Interstate 44 between mile markers 122 and 123.

LAT...LON 3757 9321 3771 9327 3788 9278 3762 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 254DEG 28KT 3765 9315

Rothstein

Local storm report, Aug 26, 7:59 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
759 PM CDT MON AUG 26 2019

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

0755 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 WNW STOVER            38.44N 93.01W
08/26/2019                   MORGAN             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY
            52 BETWEEN STOVER AND COLE CAMP.

&&

KP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Morgan	4 hr
Aug 26, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dallas	43 min
Aug 26, 8:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	43 hr
Aug 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Miller, Morgan	6 hr
Aug 26, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	58 min
Aug 26, 9:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Aug 26, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	63 min
Aug 26, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Laclede	29 min
Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	46 min
Aug 26, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Webster, Wright	46 min
Aug 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	McDonald, Newton	4 hr
Aug 26, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	39 min
Aug 26, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Phelps, Pulaski, Texas	56 min
Aug 26, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	24 min
Aug 26, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Webster, Wright	45 min
Aug 26, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas	60 min
Aug 26, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	67 min
Aug 26, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	48 min
Aug 26, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	52 min
Aug 26, 11:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	6 hr
Aug 27, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon, Shannon	45 min
Aug 27, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark	41 min
Aug 27, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Howell	56 min
Aug 27, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	58 min
Aug 27, 1:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell	4 hr
Aug 27, 1:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	8 hr
Aug 27, 7:12 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	52 hr
Aug 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	51 min
Aug 26, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Cherokee	52 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.