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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Springfield, MO

March 19, 2020Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2020, 4:50 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 19, 2020, 5:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2020, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2020, 5:21 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2020, 2:21 PM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Roubidoux Creek near Waynesville (RBXM7). The gauge peaked at 9.51 ft at Mar 20, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate5101503/1903/2003/21
Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06928420, 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 Mar 19, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 4:17 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 19, 2:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
224 PM CDT THU MAR 19 2020

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

0217 PM     FLASH FLOOD      POWELL                  36.62N 94.18W
03/19/2020                   MCDONALD           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGHWAY E AT COOPERS FORD IS CLOSED.

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Local storm report, Mar 19, 2:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
237 PM CDT THU MAR 19 2020

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

0234 PM     FLOOD            HARTVILLE               37.25N 92.51W
03/19/2020                   WRIGHT             MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GASCONADE RIVER AND WOODS FORK HAVE FLOODED
            OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

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Local storm report, Mar 19, 4:05 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
405 PM CDT THU MAR 19 2020

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

0404 PM     FLOOD            2 N ZORA                38.32N 93.10W
03/19/2020                   BENTON             MO   PUBLIC

            BIG BUFFALO CREEK OVER WW HIGHWAY OFF OF B
            HIGHWAY. VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarton, Jasper, Newton61 min
Mar 19, 3:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper6 hr
Mar 19, 4:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton50 min
Mar 19, 4:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Lawrence47 min
Mar 19, 5:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian41 min
Mar 19, 5:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone12 hr
Mar 19, 5:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHickory, Polk43 min
Mar 19, 5:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone6 hr
Mar 19, 6:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFGreene, Webster, Wright6 hr
Mar 19, 7:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski61 hr
Mar 19, 7:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFPhelps3 days
Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Lawrence and 2 more4 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar48 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper54 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper53 hr
Mar 19, 9:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFStone54 hr
Mar 19, 9:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper6 hr
Mar 19, 10:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCamden, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 4 more10 hr
Mar 19, 10:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney48 min
Mar 19, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney6 hr
Mar 19, 11:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton50 hr
Mar 19, 11:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone6 hr
Mar 19, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney43 min
Mar 19, 11:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBenton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Lawrence and 2 more6 hr
Mar 19, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas25 min
Mar 19, 12:18 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFGreene, Webster, Wright6 hr
Mar 19, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOzark40 min
Mar 19, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell28 min
Mar 19, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon50 min
Mar 19, 1:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFDent, Douglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas6 hr
Mar 19, 3:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper18 hr
Mar 19, 4:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney18 hr
Mar 19, 5:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Stone18 hr
Mar 19, 5:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton17 hr
Mar 19, 6:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFGreene, Webster, Wright17 hr
Mar 19, 6:33 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFCedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Polk15 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCherokee43 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2020Every river flood warning in 2020

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.