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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Springfield, MO

February 14, 20085 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 14, 2008, 11:17 AM CST for 5 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 14, 2008, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 14, 2008, 11:17 AM CST (17:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 14, 2008, 3:59 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 12:00Z on 2008-02-14Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2008-02-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 678 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
678 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
730 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KSGF 141717
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1117 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008


KSZ101-MOZ088-093-094-101-102-142300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.080214T1800Z-080214T2300Z/
CHEROKEE-JASPER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
1117 AM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MILES AN
HOUR WILL OCCUR ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
THAT WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE
WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. BEHIND THE FRONT
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND WILL INCREASE AGAIN...BUT WILL
REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

THE STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE TREE LIMBS TO
FALL THAT WERE WEAKENED BY THE ICE STORM EARLIER THIS
WEEK....WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCAL POWER OUTAGES THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

$$

WISE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KSGF 142159
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
359 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008



KSZ101-MOZ088-093-094-101-102-142300-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080214T2300Z/
CHEROKEE-JASPER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
359 PM CST THU FEB 14 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

THE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAS RELAX SOME ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON...WHICH HAS ALLOWED WINDS TO DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BE CANCELLED.

$$

WISE

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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.