397  
WGUS43 KSGF 070934  
FLWSGF  
 
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  
 

 
 
EW  
 
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