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Areal Flood Advisory 48, NWS Springfield, MO

July 17, 2021Polk County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 17, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT for Polk County, St. Clair County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 17, 2021, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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 areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 17, 3:01 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 3:01 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 3:16 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 3:39 PM CDT, 21 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
Jul 17, 3:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene	110 min
Jul 17, 4:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas	7 hr
Jul 17, 4:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Polk	7 hr
Jul 17, 4:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	St. Clair	7 hr
Jul 17, 5:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Hickory, Polk	6 hr
Jul 17, 5:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	6 hr
Jul 17, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Greene	30 min
Jul 17, 6:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	6 hr
Jul 17, 1:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee, Crawford	23 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Missouri, 2021 Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.