602  
WGUS43 KSGF 160053  
FLWSGF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO  
753 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
...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.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THURSDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
MOC217-161500-  
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0012.260416T0900Z-260417T1600Z/  
/HTNM7.1.ER.260416T0900Z.260417T0000Z.260417T1000Z.NO/  
753 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...LITTLE OSAGE RIVER NEAR HORTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
* 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 WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 39.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 41.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE TONIGHT TO A CREST OF 41.7 FEET TOMORROW EVENING. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 41.0 FEET.  
- 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  
 
 
 
TG  
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