Alert archive / Missouri / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this freeze warning at Mar 26, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 27, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr. 17 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
All 37 counties
Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Dixon, MO | REPORT FROM DIXON PD. SIMILAR REPORT RELAYED THROUGH LOCAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 27, 9:36 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Richland, MO | REPORT RELAYED VIA TELEVISION MEDIA OUTLET. |
| Mar 27, 9:45 PM CDT | SNOW 1.8 | Iberia, MO | ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES AND GRASS. SIDEWALK AND PAVEMENT IS JUST WET. |
| Mar 27, 10:09 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Roach, MO | REPORT RELAYED BY TELEVSION BROADCAST OUTLET. |
| Mar 28, 12:02 AM CDT | SNOW 1.6 | Rolla, MO | MEASURED ON A SNOW BOARD. REPORT VIA ESPOTTER. |
| Mar 28, 2:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Rolla, MO | MEASURED ON SNOW BOARD.GRASSY SURFACES AROUND AN INCH. DRIVEWAY AND ROADWAY WET. TEMPERATURE 32 DEG F. |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 1 N Seymour, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 2 W Houston, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 3 Ne Fair Grove, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | 4 W Pittsburg, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Ash Grove, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Golden City, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Pittsburg, KS | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 1 | Pleasant Hope, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 1 Se Rolla, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | 4 W Laurie, MO | |
| Mar 28, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 2 | Iberia, MO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 402 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254 WWUS73 KSGF 261930 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 230 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...HARD FREEZE LIKELY TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT... .FOLLOWING THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TODAY...COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 2OS TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH THE GROWING SEASON ALREADY ONGOING OVER MANY AREAS... AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST TEMPERATURES CLOSELY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AND VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES.. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-270730- /O.UPG.KSGF.FZ.A.0001.110327T0600Z-110328T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.110327T0600Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 230 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREES...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY EACH NIGHT. IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL PLANTS AND AND OTHER TENDER VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GRIFFIN
6 follow-up statements
180 WWUS73 KSGF 270228 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 928 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...HARD FREEZE LIKELY TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT... .FOLLOWING THE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA TODAY...COLDER AIR WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 2OS TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH THE GROWING SEASON ALREADY ONGOING OVER MANY AREAS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST TEMPERATURES CLOSELY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AND VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271430- /O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.110327T0600Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 928 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OR ARE ALREADY OCCURRING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS TONIGHT. THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREES...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY EACH NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT COLD TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED. NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. && $$ DSA
308 WWUS73 KSGF 270856 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 356 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...HARD FREEZE LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT... .COLDER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING OBSERVED OVERNIGHT. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 2OS TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH THE GROWING SEASON ALREADY ONGOING OVER MANY AREAS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST TEMPERATURES CLOSELY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AND VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-280000- /O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 356 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE OCCURRING AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS TODAY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREES...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT COLD TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED. NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. && $$ WISE
545 WWUS73 KSGF 271501 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1001 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...HARD FREEZE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .COLDER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO THE AREA WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING OBSERVED SUNDAY MORNING. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE COLD AIR REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 2OS TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH THE GROWING SEASON ALREADY ONGOING OVER MANY AREAS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST TEMPERATURES CLOSELY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AND VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-280315- /O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 1001 AM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...SLOWLY CLIMBING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING WILL CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY NOON. CLOUD COVER WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY WHICH WILL ONLY ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. && $$ HATCH
625 WWUS73 KSGF 272030 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 330 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...HARD FREEZE LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING... .COLDER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO THE AREA WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING OBSERVED SUNDAY MORNING. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE COLD AIR REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 2OS TO NEAR THE 30 DEGREE MARK...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH THE GROWING SEASON ALREADY ONGOING OVER MANY AREAS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST TEMPERATURES CLOSELY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AND VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-280830- /O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 330 PM CDT SUN MAR 27 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT MONDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MOST AREAS ONLY REACHED INTO THE UPPER 30S THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER THAT LIMITED SURFACE HEATING. A FEW AREAS...PRIMARILY OVER THE EASTERN OZARKS...WHERE CLOUD COVER WAS LESS EXTENSIVE WARMED INTO THE LOWER 40S. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR ONCE AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. && $$ KARDELL
945 WWUS73 KSGF 280819 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 319 AM CDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...HARD FREEZE ONGOING EARLY THIS MORNING... .COLDER AIR HAS SPREAD INTO THE AREA AS TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO OR BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES MAY CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S...WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. WITH THE GROWING SEASON ALREADY ONGOING OVER MANY AREAS...AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR FORECAST TEMPERATURES CLOSELY...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AND VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281500- /O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 319 AM CDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...MOST AREAS HAVE FALLEN DOWN TO OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING...WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S TO UPPER 20S EXPECTED. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. * TEMPERATURE...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT ARE LEFT OUTDOORS OR UNPROTECTED WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL THREATEN TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. && $$ WISE
650 WWUS73 KSGF 281457 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 957 AM CDT MON MAR 28 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281600- /O.EXP.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110328T1500Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA... HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD... WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON... BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON... PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA... BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON 957 AM CDT MON MAR 28 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING. WHILE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S...THEY ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING AT THIS TIME. $$ HATCH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 26, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 12:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1231 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
...UPDATE TO AVIATION...
.UPDATE...
AN IDEAL SETUP FOR SMALL HAIL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI. MUCAPE VALUES IN THE 400 TO 700 RANGE COMBINED
WITH LOW FREEZING LEVELS HAVE RESULTED IN MOST CONVECTIVE UPDRAFTS
PRODUCING AT LEAST PEA-SIZED HAIL. A FEW OF THE MORE ROBUST
UPDRAFTS CLOSER TO THE ARKANSAS BORDER HAVE PRODUCED UP TO NICKEL-
SIZED HAIL. THE LATEST SHORT TERM GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE MAIN
CORRIDOR OF ELEVATED CAPE WILL SHIFT OUT OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
BY MID AFTERNOON. UNTIL THAT TIME...THE THREAT FOR SMALL HAIL WILL
CONTINUE.
MEANWHILE...PRECIPITATION ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS BEEN SLOW TO
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT
A SMALL BUT RATHER INTENSE 850 MB JET-LET HAS DEVELOPED ON THE
IMMEDIATE EASTERN FLANK OF AN APPROACHING 850 MB LOW. THIS HAS
ALLOWED A WARM NOSE TO HOLD STRONG ALL OF THE WAY UP INTO CENTRAL
MISSOURI. THERE IS SNOW FALLING UP TOWARDS SEDALIA...WITH A FEW
REPORTS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION DOWN INTO MORGAN AND BENTON
COUNTIES.
WARM ADVECTION AND THE ASSOCIATED WARM NOSE WILL BEGIN TO WANE
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI BY MIDDAY AS WIND FIELDS
BACK TO EASTERLY NORTH OF THE 850 MB LOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN A
TRANSITION TO MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION AND EVENTUALLY SNOW. THE
MAIN SNOW THREAT WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL OCCUR FROM EARLY TO MID
AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME WE GET TO LATE AFTERNOON...SHORT RANGE
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW CLOUD ICE BECOMING ABSENT. THIS LINES UP
WELL WITH CURRENT IR SATELLITE TRENDS WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES
WARMER THAN -10 CELSIUS WEST OF WICHITA. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THESE TRENDS.
SCHAUMANN
&&
.DISCUSSION...
MAIN FOCUS THIS FORECAST PACKAGE DEALS WITH RAIN AND WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THEN ATTENTION TURNS TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR A HARD FREEZE FOR ANY UN-PROTECTED VEGETATION BOTH
TONIGHT AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. FINALLY ATTENTION TURNS TO
ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES TUESDAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK.
CURRENTLY..SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PUSHING EAST ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL ARKANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING... IN AN AREA OF
ISENTROPIC LIFT AND INCREASED ELEVATED INSTABILITY. MOST OF THE
CURRENT ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...HOWEVER AS ISENTROPIC LIFT SPREADS NORTH THIS
MORNING...A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONG STORMS.
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AN
ASSOCIATED AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN ARKANSAS TODAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA NORTH OF THE
SURFACE LOW AND AHEAD OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. THE AREA WILL
REMAIN IN THE COLD SECTOR OF THIS SYSTEM...AS TEMPERATURES ARE
GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 30S TO LOWER 40 EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF WARMING EXPECTED TODAY. ACTUALLY COLDER AIR
IN THE MID LEVELS WILL SPREAD SOUTH TODAY. WHICH WILL RESULT IN
RAIN OR A RAIN SNOW MIX CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING
ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI CONTINUING INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL RAIN WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING.
MODELS ARE QUICKLY DRYING OUT THE MID LEVELS FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CLOUD ICE PRESENT. AS THIS
OCCURS THE PRECIPITATION MAY TRANSITION TO MORE OF THE FORM OF
DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. AS COLD AIR
CONTINUES TO ADVECT INTO THE REGION...THE FREEZING LINE SHOULD
SPREAD SOUTH INTO THE AREA WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE BEING POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING.
THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS
THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW STILL
EXPECTED. MOST ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR ACROSS GRASSY SURFACES
AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY HOVER IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S...BUT
SOME IMPACTS ON ROADWAYS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THE HEAVY SNOW. THESE
SMALL AREAS WILL LIKELY ALSO HAVE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING
DRIZZLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WHERE SOME
MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE CURRENT WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY COVERS THESE AREA WELL AND WILL LEAVE OUT AS IS
FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALL PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END OVERNIGHT.
AS THE COLDER AIR ADVECT SOUTH TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW
NIGHT...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S TO THE UPPER
20S AND POSSIBLY MIDDLE 20S ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI BOTH TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE OF
ANY UNPROTECTED VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY BLOOMED THIS SPRING.
WILL ISSUE A FREEZE WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE EARLY SPRING FREEZE POTENTIAL.
ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WITH THIS SYSTEM IS ONCE AGAIN
EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA...RESULT IN ANOTHER
ROUND OF COLD RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW MIXING IN WITH
THE RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE SYSTEMS WILL KEEP BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND MUCH OF NEXT
WEEK.
WISE
&&
.AVIATION...
FOR THE 18Z TAFS...CONDITIONS HAVE TEMPORARILY IMPROVED TO MVFR AT
KSGF AND KJLN...BUT EXPECT CLOUDS TO FILL BACK IN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SOME DRIZZLE DEVELOPING. EXPECT LIFR TO IFR
CONDITIONS FOR LOW CLOUDS AND FOG/DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AS SURFACE LOW
TRANSITS ARKANSAS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE AFTER 12Z ON
SUNDAY AS LOW EXITS THE REGION.
GAEDE
&&
.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR MOZ055>058-
069>071.
KS...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR KSZ073-
097-101.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1255 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-271800- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 1255 PM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER RISK LEVEL IS...EXTREME. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. EXTREME FREEZE RISK. LIMITED FREEZING RAIN RISK. ELEVATED SNOW RISK. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. AREAS NORTH OF AN OSCEOLA TO URBANA TO SALEM LINE MAY SEE UP TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINING IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING FOR THESE LOCATIONS. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WITH MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOWER 30S TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH MAY RESULT IN A HARD FREEZE OF UNPROTECTED VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FOR TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLUSHY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ADDITIONALLY...COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. SEVERAL NIGHTS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) SCHAUMANN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 26, 9:03 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 903 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 MOZ097-098-105-106-261445- SHANNON MO-HOWELL MO-OREGON MO-OZARK MO- 903 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HOWELL...NORTHWESTERN OREGON... SOUTHEASTERN OZARK AND SOUTHWESTERN SHANNON COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT... AT 859 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UDALL...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WEST PLAINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. GAEDE
Local storm report, Mar 26, 9:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
904 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0831 AM HAIL 1 ENE GAINESVILLE 36.61N 92.41W
03/26/2011 E0.88 INCH OZARK MO PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
&&
JTKLocal storm report, Mar 26, 9:10 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
910 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 AM HAIL 1 ENE GAINESVILLE 36.61N 92.41W
03/26/2011 E0.88 INCH OZARK MO PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
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JTKLocal storm report, Mar 26, 9:19 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
919 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0917 AM HAIL FORSYTH 36.68N 93.12W
03/26/2011 E0.75 INCH TANEY MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL.
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JSSSpecial weather statement, Mar 26, 9:19 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 919 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 MOZ095-096-104-105-261445- CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO-TANEY MO-OZARK MO- 919 AM CDT SAT MAR 26 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN TANEY...NORTHWESTERN OZARK...SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN AND WESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT... AT 917 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KISSEE MILLS...OR NEAR FORSYTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GAEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:06 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 26, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Ozark | 29 min |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Missouri, 2011Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.