Winter Photographs

Photograph, looking downstream from under the bridge. Water gage indicated 3.26'.






Photgraph looking upstream from south riverbank, 100 yards downstream from La Russell Access Point. Water level is 1.5' deeper than normal for this time of year, due to excessive rain (and flooding) 4 days ago.

January 8-9, 2008 flood

Typically, precipitation in January comes in the form of snow, maybe ice, but not typically, a flood. The Springfield News Leader, described it as, An intense line of tornado-filled storms that covered a 150-mile swath of southwest Missouri delivered its last blow early today (1-8-2008) when a storm hit east-central Springfield, damaging several buildings. The damage likely was caused by a combination of a squall line and tornadoes, Springfield National Weather Service meteorologist-in-charge Bill Davis said. Davis said several teams will be out assessing damage along a storm line that stretched from McDonald County to Maries County. It's likely tornadoes that hit several areas will be in the F-2 to F-3 range, he said. Forecasters issued 96 storm warnings from Monday night to early today, he said. Although forecasters began studying the possibility of violent weather last Friday and had warned of possible tornadoes Monday morning, the intensity of the series of storms that arrived Monday night was surprising, he said.
The USGS water gage on Spring River at LaRussell indicated 1.84' at 12:00am on Monday, January 7; 8.48' at 12:00am on Tuesday, January 8; and cresting at 9.10' at 3:00am.