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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 4, 202023 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm watch at Feb 4, 2020, 3:51 AM CST for 23 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 5, 2020, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2020, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2020, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 4, 2020, 3:28 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

All 25 counties

Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory 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, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 3, 11:25 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 11:25 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 7:28 PM CST, 8 hours 23 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
Feb 4, 3:51 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	53 hr
Feb 4, 7:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon, Texas and 1 more	12 hr
Feb 4, 3:28 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade and 17 more	23 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Missouri, 2020 Winter Storm Watches in Kansas, 2020 Every winter storm 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.