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River Flood Watch 14, NWS Springfield, MO

August 14, 2016Phelps County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at Aug 14, 2016, 9:04 AM CDT for Phelps County, Missouri. It took effect at Aug 16, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2016, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 16, 2016, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Phelps County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Gasconade River at Jerome (JRMM7). The gauge peaked at 3.22 ft at Aug 15, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06933500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 8:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Oregon	11 hr
Aug 14, 9:04 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Pulaski	54 hr
Aug 14, 9:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	68 hr
Aug 14, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Shannon	50 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Missouri, 2016 Every river flood watch in 2016

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.