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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Springfield, MO

April 23, 2020Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 23, 2020, 2:19 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 24, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2020, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 24, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 27, 2020, 1:55 PM CDT
In force: 67 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 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marmaton River near Nevada (NVDM7). The gauge peaked at 21.44 ft at Apr 26, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918060, 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 23, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 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 22, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	67 min
Apr 23, 8:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Wright	8 hr
Apr 23, 8:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, Jasper, McDonald, Newton	8 hr
Apr 23, 4:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, Jasper, Newton	15 hr
Apr 23, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Douglas, Wright	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.