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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Springfield, MO

January 7, 2016Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at Jan 7, 2016, 6:52 PM CST for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Jan 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2016, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2016, 10:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 11, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Osage River at Horton (HTNM7). The gauge peaked at 42.16 ft at Jan 10, 2016, 1:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 39 ft
Minor stage: 41 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06917060, 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 Jan 7, 5:41 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 5:41 PM CST, 1 hour 11 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
Jan 7, 6:52 PM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Cedar	5 days
Jan 8, 9:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	4 days
Jan 8, 9:42 AM CST	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	65 hr
Jan 8, 2:08 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 26 more	24 hr

Nearby

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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.