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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Springfield, MO

October 20, 2017Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this river flood watch at Oct 20, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 24, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 20, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 24, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
24 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 02:24 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 Horton (HTNM7). The gauge peaked at 40.39 ft at Oct 23, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 9:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchSGFVernon5 days
Oct 20, 9:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchSGFBourbon3 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Missouri, 2017Every 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.