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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Springfield, MO

July 18, 200620 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this heat advisory at Jul 18, 2006, 3:02 AM CDT for 20 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Jul 18, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2006, 3:02 AM CDT (08:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 18, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2006, 10:53 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 309 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2388 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2388 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jul 18, 1:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 1:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 3:30 PM CDTHeat AdvisorySGFHowell, Oregon, Shannon52 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Missouri, 2006Every heat advisory in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.