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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Springfield, MO

May 30, 2026Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2026, 9:22 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at May 30, 2026, 5:13 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2026, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2026, 5:13 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2026, 3:01 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
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 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Horton (HTNM7).

Action stage: 39 ft
Minor stage: 41 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917060, 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 30, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 12:22 AM CDT, 9 hours 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 30, 9:22 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	St. Clair	8 hr
May 30, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	31 min
May 30, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	47 min
May 30, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	36 min
May 30, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	40 min
May 30, 3:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Vernon	6 hr
May 30, 3:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	52 min
May 30, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	50 min
May 30, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	39 min
May 30, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Dade, Greene, Polk	42 min
May 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Jasper, Lawrence	43 min
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Polk	52 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair, Vernon	51 hr
May 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Stone	45 min
May 30, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	47 min
May 30, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene, Lawrence	35 min
May 30, 5:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dade	6 hr
May 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Greene, Lawrence	6 hr
May 30, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cherokee	51 min
May 30, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	38 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.