436  
WGUS43 KSGF 071235  
FLWSGF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
735 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MISSOURI...  
 
MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE MARMATON RIVER...INCLUDING FORT SCOTT, NEVADA...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 WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 745 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
MOC217-081245-  
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0026.240508T1017Z-240510T0731Z/  
/NVDM7.1.ER.240508T1017Z.240508T1800Z.240509T0730Z.NO/  
735 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY  
MORNING...   
..REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MARMATON RIVER NEAR NEVADA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 20.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING OCCURS NEAR THE GAGE SITE  
AND AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:45 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 20.6 FEET EARLY TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THURSDAY  
MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 20.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
20.6 FEET ON 11/02/2013.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3789 9447 3794 9439 3797 9435 3799 9431  
3794 9432 3784 9440 3784 9452 3784 9461  
3787 9461  
 

 
 
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