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Snow Advisory 3, NWS Springfield, MO

March 6, 200813 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this snow advisory at Mar 6, 2008, 3:24 AM CST for 13 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2008, 3:24 AM CST (09:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 7, 2008, 10:38 AM CST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:29 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2008-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.