735  
WGUS83 KSGF 050139  
FLSSGF  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...  
 
LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR HORTON AFFECTING VERNON COUNTY.  
 
OSAGE RIVER AT TABERVILLE AFFECTING VERNON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE LITTLE OSAGE RIVER...INCLUDING HORTON...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
FOR THE OSAGE RIVER...INCLUDING TABERVILLE...MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MANY FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED SUNDAY EVENING AT 845 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
MOC185-217-060145-  
/O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-240510T0130Z/  
/TBVM7.2.ER.240428T0954Z.240503T0330Z.240509T0130Z.NO/  
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...OSAGE RIVER AT TABERVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 34.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD STAGE. B HIGHWAY 2.5 MILES  
EAST OF RICH HILL IN THE VICINITY OF THE BATES COUNTY DRAINAGE  
DITCH IS UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 34.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 35.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 21.8 FEET THURSDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 23.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
36.1 FEET ON 05/04/2017.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3803 9383 3799 9379 3797 9381 3799 9406  
3797 9432 3807 9431 3808 9410 3806 9406  
3805 9390  
 

 
 
MOC217-060145-  
/O.EXT.KSGF.FL.W.0007.000000T0000Z-240506T1930Z/  
/HTNM7.3.ER.240426T0550Z.240429T1000Z.240505T1930Z.NO/  
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 4 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR HORTON.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 41.0 FEET, MINOR FLOODING AFFECTS LOW LYING AREAS  
NEAR THE GAGE SITE AND FARMLAND ALONG THE RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 42.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 41.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:45 PM CDT SATURDAY WAS 43.2 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 30.7 FEET  
THURSDAY EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 41.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
42.3 FEET ON 01/19/2020.  
- 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  
 

 
 
JD  
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.

The Nexlab MO Page
The Nexlab KS Page Main Text Page