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Flash Flood Watch 17, NWS Springfield, MO

December 22, 200921 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flash flood watch at Dec 22, 2009, 5:34 PM CST for 21 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 23, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2009, 5:34 PM CST (23:34 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 24, 2009, 11:16 AM CST
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None
All 21 counties

Barry County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Dec 22, 5:20 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 5:20 PM CST, 14 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.