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Flood Watch 3, NWS Springfield, MO

February 22, 202034 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this flood watch at Feb 22, 2020, 2:54 AM CST for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2020, 2:54 AM CST (08:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
Flood severity
None
All 37 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Feb 21, 10:55 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 10:55 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 9:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon6 days
Feb 22, 9:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFVernon6 days
Feb 22, 9:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFCedar3 days
Feb 22, 9:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon13 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Missouri, 2020Flood Watches in Kansas, 2020Every flood watch in 2020

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.