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River Flood Watch 6, NWS Springfield, MO

May 16, 2016Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at May 16, 2016, 9:06 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at May 17, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2016, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
Expired: May 20, 2016, 11:17 AM CDT
In force: 62 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 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Marmaton River near Nevada (NVDM7). The gauge peaked at 19.53 ft at May 18, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06918060, 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 May 16, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 6:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 8:28 PM CDT, 38 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
May 16, 9:06 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Cedar	68 hr
May 17, 1:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Webster	8 hr
May 17, 4:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas and 1 more	6 hr
May 17, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Barton, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence	12 hr
May 17, 9:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon, Texas and 2 more	12 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.