Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Springfield, MO

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
434 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...The National Weather Service in Springfield MO has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Missouri...

  Little Osage River near Horton affecting Vernon County.

For the Little Osage River...including Horton...Minor flooding is
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Many flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued late tonight at 445 AM CDT.

&&

MOC217-080945-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0025.240508T0730Z-240510T0400Z/
/HTNM7.1.ER.240508T0730Z.000000T0000Z.240509T0400Z.NO/
434 AM CDT Tue May 7 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE THURSDAY
EVENING...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Osage River near Horton.

* WHEN...From late tonight to late Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 41.0 feet, minor flooding affects low lying areas
  near the gage site and farmland along the river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:45 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 39.6 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 41.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river will rise to 40.3 feet this afternoon.
    It will then fall to 40.1 feet this evening. It will rise
    above flood stage just after midnight tonight to 41.4 feet
    early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage
    late tomorrow evening.
  - Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    41.5 feet on 04/25/2020.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 3800 9441 3802 9431 3799 9431 3793 9436
      3796 9444 3796 9451 3796 9458 3798 9462
      3800 9462 3800 9452


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