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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Springfield, MO

May 15, 2020Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2020, 8:11 PM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2020, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2020, 4:19 PM CDT
In force: 20 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 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Piney at Ft. Wood - East Gate (BIGM7). The gauge peaked at 9.82 ft at May 16, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06930060, 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 May 15, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 3:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 3:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 4:36 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
May 16, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, McDonald, Newton, Stone	15 hr
May 16, 1:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	10 hr
May 16, 7:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	6 hr
May 16, 10:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Webster	6 hr
May 16, 12:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Camden, Laclede	6 hr
May 16, 12:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Wright	6 hr
May 16, 1:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	5 hr
May 16, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	49 min
May 16, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	43 min
May 16, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry	34 min
May 16, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	36 min
May 16, 5:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Webster	12 hr
May 16, 6:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	11 hr
May 16, 6:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Pulaski, Webster, Wright	10 hr
May 16, 1:07 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2020 Every 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.