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Flood Watch 2, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this flood watch at Apr 17, 2026, 2:14 AM CDT for 21 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2026, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2026, 5:48 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
- Flood severity
- None
All 24 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, 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, 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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 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 Apr 17, 12:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 12:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon | 29 min |
| Apr 17, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| Apr 17, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | St. Clair | 12 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:35 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Cedar | 11 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:36 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Jasper | 46 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 38 min |
| Apr 17, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | St. Clair | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 41 min |
| Apr 17, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 56 min |
| Apr 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Benton | 49 min |
| Apr 17, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 43 min |
| Apr 17, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Hickory, St. Clair | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 8:29 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon | 27 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Bourbon | 44 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:38 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | SGF | Cherokee | 46 hr |
| Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.