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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO

May 15, 2023Pulaski County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2023, 7:49 AM CDT for Pulaski County, Missouri. It took effect at May 16, 2023, 7:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2023, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2023, 7:45 AM CDT
Expired: May 18, 2023, 12:46 AM CDT
In force: 41 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 12:52 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).

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, 6:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 6:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 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 14, 9:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Phelps	4 hr
May 15, 10:35 AM CDT	Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas and 17 more	11 hr
May 15, 12:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Lawrence	24 min
May 15, 1:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dade	37 min
May 15, 2:01 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	18 hr
May 15, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent	25 min
May 15, 3:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk	35 min
May 15, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas	26 min
May 15, 4:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster	6 hr
May 15, 4:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, Stone	6 hr
May 15, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Greene, Webster	6 hr
May 15, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Wright	38 min
May 15, 6:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Wright	6 hr
May 15, 6:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Texas	58 min

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.