739  
WGUS43 KSGF 300753  
FLWSGF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
253 AM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN KANSAS...MISSOURI...  
 
SPRING RIVER ABOVE BAXTER SPRINGS AFFECTING CHEROKEE COUNTY.  
 
SPRING RIVER NEAR WACO AFFECTING JASPER COUNTY.  
 
FOR THE SPRING RIVER...INCLUDING CARTHAGE, WACO, BAXTER SPRINGS...  
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 300 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
KSC021-010800-  
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0030.250501T0105Z-250503T0600Z/  
/BXTK1.1.ER.250501T0105Z.250501T1200Z.250502T0600Z.NO/  
253 AM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SPRING RIVER ABOVE BAXTER SPRINGS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 16.0 FEET, THE SOUTH END OF KIWANIS PARK FLOODS.  
WATER CROSSES MICKEY MANTLE BLVD IN THE PARK. WATER LEVEL RISES TO  
THE FLAG POLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PARK.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 15.4 FEET TOMORROW MORNING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
15.4 FEET ON 02/25/2018.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3711 9473 3718 9463 3714 9462 3711 9462  
3706 9467 3700 9468 3700 9474  
 
 
 
MOC097-010800-  
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0031.250501T0600Z-250502T2320Z/  
/WCOM7.1.ER.250501T0600Z.250501T1200Z.250501T2320Z.NO/  
253 AM CDT WED APR 30 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY EVENING  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SPRING RIVER NEAR WACO.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, ROADS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MAPLE BRIDGE  
FLOOD. FLOOD WATERS IMPACT LOW AREAS NEAR GALESBURG UPSTREAM FROM  
THE WACO FORECAST POINT. BLACKBERRY CREEK FLOODS DUE TO BACKWATER  
EFFECTS FROM THE SPRING RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 2:30 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 19.8 FEET TOMORROW  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
19.7 FEET ON 06/02/2013.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3725 9462 3730 9451 3726 9450 3724 9451  
3722 9457 3718 9462  
 
 
 
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