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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Springfield, MO

May 6, 2019Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2019, 11:01 PM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It took effect at May 7, 2019, 11:54 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2019, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
In effect from: May 7, 2019, 11:54 PM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2019, 10:27 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sac River near Caplinger Mills (CMZM7). The gauge peaked at 16.80 ft at May 8, 2019, 10:00 AM 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 8:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 10:13 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1013 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

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

1000 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 N METZ                38.04N 94.45W
05/06/2019  E70 MPH          VERNON             MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS 60-70 MPH
            WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL HAIL. RELAYED BY LAW
            ENFORCEMENT.

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Local storm report, May 6, 10:19 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 10:25 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1025 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2019

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1015 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S HORTON              37.94N 94.37W
05/06/2019                   VERNON             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            REPORT OF A TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OFF THE
            ROADWAY BY HIGH WINDS ON I-49 AT THE 111
            MILE MARKER.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	46 min
May 6, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	57 min
May 6, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Vernon	51 min
May 6, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon	47 min
May 6, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper	50 min
May 6, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Hickory, St. Clair	48 min
May 6, 10:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Vernon	8 hr
May 6, 11:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	5 days
May 6, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence, Newton	49 min
May 6, 11:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk	45 min
May 6, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	50 min
May 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
May 6, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	31 min
May 6, 11:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Dallas, Greene	46 min
May 7, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian	28 min
May 6, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	64 min
May 6, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Crawford	23 min
May 6, 10:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	6 hr
May 6, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	39 min
May 6, 11:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	45 hr
May 6, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee	41 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr
May 7, 4:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	16 hr
May 7, 5:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	15 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.