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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO

December 12, 2015Jasper County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at Dec 12, 2015, 7:18 AM CST for Jasper County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 14, 2015, 2:34 AM CST. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2015, 7:18 AM CST (13:18 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 14, 2015, 2:34 AM CST
Expired: Dec 16, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 51 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Jasper County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spring River at Carthage (CHTM7). The gauge peaked at 7.10 ft at Dec 14, 2015, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07185765, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood watch went out at Dec 12, 5:56 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 5:56 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 11, 7:11 PM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Pulaski	4 days
Dec 12, 3:04 AM CST	Flood Watch	SGF	Barry, Barton, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene and 9 more	42 hr
Dec 12, 8:54 AM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	4 days
Dec 12, 8:54 AM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Cedar	4 days

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.