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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Springfield, MO

June 25, 2026Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood warning at Jun 25, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Jun 26, 2026, 6:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2026, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2026, 6:21 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2026, 2:39 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marmaton River at Fort Scott (FSKK1). The gauge peaked at 17.71 ft at Jun 26, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 42 ft
Major stage: 43 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917500, 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 Jun 25, 5:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 5:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 2:31 PM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 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
Jun 25, 8:36 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	24 hr
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	4 days
Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	64 min
Jun 25, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	58 min
Jun 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	55 min
Jun 25, 9:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	5 hr
Jun 26, 12:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Oregon	6 hr
Jun 26, 2:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Maries, Phelps	5 hr
Jun 26, 2:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper, Newton	6 hr
Jun 26, 2:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	26 min
Jun 26, 5:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dallas, Greene, Polk	6 hr
Jun 26, 6:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Christian, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Jun 26, 7:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Douglas, Texas, Wright	4 hr
Jun 26, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Jasper	65 min
Jun 26, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Dallas	63 min
Jun 26, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	44 min
Jun 26, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Jasper	28 min
Jun 26, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	43 min
Jun 26, 6:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	53 min
Jun 26, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	SGF	Douglas	50 min
Jun 26, 6:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	6 hr
Jun 26, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Laclede, Wright	27 min
Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Crawford	57 min
Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	52 min
Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon	36 hr
Jun 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr
Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	42 min
Jun 25, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	SGF	Cherokee	49 min
Jun 26, 2:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cherokee	43 min
Jun 26, 6:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kansas, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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.