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Flood Watch 4, NWS Springfield, MO

December 12, 201515 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flood watch at Dec 12, 2015, 3:04 AM CST for 15 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 12, 2015, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 12, 2015, 3:04 AM CST (09:04 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 12, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 13, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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 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 flood watch went out at Dec 12, 2:55 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 2:55 AM CST, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 7:11 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchSGFPulaski4 days
Dec 12, 7:18 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchSGFJasper4 days
Dec 12, 8:54 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchSGFVernon4 days
Dec 12, 8:54 AM CSTRiver Flood WatchSGFCedar4 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Missouri, 2015Flood Watches in Kansas, 2015Every flood watch in 2015

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.