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Heat Advisory 4, NWS Springfield, MO

August 2, 201119 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2011, 4:53 PM CDT for 19 counties in Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It took effect at Aug 3, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2011, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 3, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 8, 2011, 10:42 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Camden County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper 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, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2011-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2878 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
2878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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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 Aug 2, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 2:53 PM CDT, 2 hours before
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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.