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River Flood Watch 4, 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 23, 2017, 11:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 20, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2017, 11:30 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
56 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.

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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 Marmaton River near Nevada (NVDM7).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 9:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchSGFVernon4 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.