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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO

October 20, 2017Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at Oct 20, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 22, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 20, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 22, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 24, 2017, 4:12 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Little Osage River at Fulton (FTNK1). The gauge peaked at 15.40 ft at Oct 22, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 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 06917000, 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.

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 7:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 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
Oct 20, 9:18 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	4 days
Oct 20, 9:18 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	SGF	Vernon	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Kansas, 2017 Every river flood watch in 2017

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.