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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Springfield, MO

May 13, 200910 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at May 13, 2009, 12:19 PM CDT for 10 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2009, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2009, 3:32 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton 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 17:21 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 65 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 2009-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 670 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 632 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
670 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-588 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
632 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
713 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS73 KSGF 131719
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1219 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-102-140000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0013.090513T1719Z-090514T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-
DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
1219 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND FAR
SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE OCCURRING AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS73 KSGF 132032
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
332 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-093-094-101-102-132145-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090514T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-
DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE
332 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 40 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND
THE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFLaclede, Texas, Wright60 min
May 13, 12:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFTexas, Wright64 min
May 13, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas52 min
May 13, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon88 min

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