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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO

April 29, 2019Bates County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2019, 8:56 PM CDT for Bates County, Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at May 1, 2019, 7:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2019, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2019, 7:34 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT
In force: 16 days
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 01:59 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 34.44 ft at May 11, 2019, 8:00 AM 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 Apr 29, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 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
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	13 days
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	33 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	66 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	59 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Laclede	65 hr
Apr 30, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	4 days
Apr 30, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	53 min
Apr 30, 1:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	6 hr
Apr 30, 2:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	6 hr
Apr 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	46 min
Apr 30, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	33 min
Apr 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	64 min
Apr 30, 3:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	39 min
Apr 30, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	38 min
Apr 30, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Ozark, Taney	50 min
Apr 30, 3:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	31 min
Apr 30, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	48 min
Apr 30, 3:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	17 min
Apr 30, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	45 min
Apr 30, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski	39 min
Apr 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Ozark	24 min
Apr 30, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, Hickory	43 min
Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence	41 min
Apr 30, 4:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	41 min
Apr 30, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, Stone	51 min
Apr 30, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Maries, Miller, Phelps, Pulaski	18 min
Apr 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	42 min
Apr 30, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence	25 min
Apr 30, 4:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Stone, Taney	50 min
Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	McDonald, Newton	52 min
Apr 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries	43 min
Apr 30, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	46 min
Apr 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Newton	30 min
Apr 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	44 min
Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Apr 30, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	44 min
Apr 30, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Taney	15 min
Apr 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Newton	29 min
Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	14 min
Apr 30, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Douglas	29 min
Apr 30, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	49 min
Apr 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney	48 min
Apr 30, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	20 min
Apr 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, St. Clair and 1 more	39 min
Apr 30, 6:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry	19 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	49 min
Apr 30, 6:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	49 min
Apr 29, 8:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	3 days
Apr 30, 7:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	51 min
Apr 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Crawford	37 min
Apr 30, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	45 min
Apr 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr

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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.