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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Springfield, MO

April 20, 2025Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2025, 1:51 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 20, 2025, 11:49 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 20, 2025, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 20, 2025, 11:49 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 22, 2025, 6:38 PM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Fulton (FTNK1). The gauge peaked at 25.69 ft at Apr 21, 2025, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917000, 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 20, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 12:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 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 19, 8:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	39 hr
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Shannon	39 hr
Apr 20, 1:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	3 days
Apr 20, 1:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
Apr 20, 1:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	6 days
Apr 20, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	McDonald, Newton	38 min
Apr 20, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, McDonald, Newton	52 min
Apr 20, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	McDonald, Newton	27 min
Apr 20, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone	60 min
Apr 20, 3:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	6 hr
Apr 20, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone	56 min
Apr 20, 4:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	7 hr
Apr 20, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster	58 min
Apr 20, 4:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Polk, Stone	8 hr
Apr 20, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Camden	55 min
Apr 20, 6:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	33 hr
Apr 20, 7:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	21 days
Apr 20, 9:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, McDonald, Newton	12 hr
Apr 20, 10:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	43 min
Apr 20, 10:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Benton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Hickory and 5 more	8 hr
Apr 20, 11:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Miller	50 min
Apr 20, 11:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede	30 min
Apr 20, 11:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Lawrence	10 hr
Apr 20, 11:49 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller	41 min
Apr 20, 12:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	14 min
Apr 20, 12:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Miller	16 min
Apr 20, 12:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller, Morgan	6 hr
Apr 20, 12:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	6 hr
Apr 20, 1:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Christian, Greene, Polk, Stone	8 hr
Apr 20, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	66 min
Apr 20, 1:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	McDonald	62 min
Apr 20, 2:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper	29 min
Apr 20, 2:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Vernon	5 hr
Apr 20, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	24 min
Apr 20, 2:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton and 2 more	53 min
Apr 20, 2:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry	50 min
Apr 20, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Barton, Cedar, Vernon	48 min
Apr 20, 2:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	17 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Barry, Christian, Greene, Lawrence, Stone, Taney	65 min
Apr 20, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Dade, Hickory, Polk, St. Clair	65 min
Apr 20, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Benton, Camden, Dallas, Hickory, Laclede, Miller and 2 more	62 min
Apr 20, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	20 min
Apr 20, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Taney, Webster and 1 more	66 min
Apr 20, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Taney	24 min
Apr 20, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Morgan	11 min
Apr 20, 4:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Ozark, Stone and 4 more	5 hr
Apr 20, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Webster, Wright	31 min
Apr 20, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Webster, Wright	26 min
Apr 20, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan and 2 more	66 min
Apr 20, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Texas, Wright	63 min
Apr 20, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Texas, Wright	35 min
Apr 20, 5:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Laclede, Texas, Wright	21 min
Apr 20, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Howell, Maries, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski and 2 more	57 min
Apr 20, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	53 min
Apr 20, 6:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Greene, Howell, Texas, Webster, Wright	30 hr
Apr 20, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dent, Howell, Shannon, Texas	48 min
Apr 20, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Howell, Oregon	34 min
Apr 20, 6:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 12 more	30 hr
Apr 20, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	62 min

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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.