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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Springfield, MO

May 7, 2024McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2024, 6:24 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 7, 2024, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2024, 7:47 AM CDT
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elk River (MO) near Tiff City (TIFM7). The gauge peaked at 15.84 ft at May 7, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07189000, 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 7, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:07 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 7, 4:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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 6, 8:15 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	4 days
May 6, 8:15 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	3 days
May 6, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	41 min
May 6, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Vernon	68 min
May 6, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper	30 min
May 6, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon	40 min
May 6, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton	30 min
May 6, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	26 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Cedar, Dade, Lawrence, St. Clair, Vernon	54 min
May 6, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Dade, Lawrence	30 min
May 6, 11:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Vernon	38 min
May 6, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	48 min
May 7, 12:04 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dade	26 min
May 7, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Christian, Greene, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair and 2 more	53 min
May 7, 12:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald	33 min
May 7, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	St. Clair	32 min
May 7, 12:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk	37 min
May 7, 12:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Greene	28 min
May 7, 12:32 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Benton, St. Clair	28 min
May 7, 12:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Greene	16 min
May 7, 12:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 4 more	50 min
May 7, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	SGF	Dallas, Polk, Webster	31 min
May 7, 12:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	6 hr
May 7, 1:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney	55 min
May 7, 1:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene	3 hr
May 7, 1:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Laclede, Miller, Morgan, Pulaski, Webster and 1 more	66 min
May 7, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	6 hr
May 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone, Taney	55 min
May 7, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Wright	60 min
May 7, 2:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	57 min
May 7, 2:06 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Pulaski	24 min
May 7, 2:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Ozark, Phelps and 5 more	63 min
May 7, 2:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	26 min
May 7, 2:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Maries, Phelps, Pulaski	27 min
May 7, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Phelps, Shannon, Texas	40 min
May 7, 3:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dent, Phelps	42 min
May 7, 4:06 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	3 days
May 7, 4:06 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	3 days
May 7, 4:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	3 days
May 7, 6:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	13 hr
May 7, 7:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	68 hr
May 7, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	22 hr
May 6, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	44 min
May 6, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	47 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.