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Flood Warning — Vernon County, MO
Flood Warning
Issued
8:00 AM CDT · Sat, Jun 27 2026
Expires
3:25 PM CDT · Mon, Jun 29 2026
Issuing Office
NWS KSGF

Affected Areas

Vernon County, MO

Official Bulletin

878
WGUS43 KSGF 260136
FLWSGF

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Springfield MO
836 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 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.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Friday evening at 845 PM CDT.

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MOC217-270145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FL.W.0071.260627T1300Z-260629T2025Z/
/HTNM7.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
836 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING TO MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Osage River near Horton.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning to Monday afternoon.

* IMPACTS...At 45.0 feet, moderate flooding occurs at the gage site.
  Low lying areas along Route D near Stotesbury flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:45 PM CDT Thursday the stage was 32.1 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 41.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    Saturday morning to a crest of 43.2 feet early Sunday
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage late Monday
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 41.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    43.2 feet on 05/16/2009.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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LAT...LON 3800 9441 3802 9431 3799 9431 3793 9436
      3796 9444 3796 9451 3796 9458 3798 9462
      3800 9462 3800 9452

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