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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Springfield, MO

April 3, 201118 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this high wind warning at Apr 3, 2011, 10:56 PM CDT for 18 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr. 4 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
Apr 3, 2011, 10:56 PM CDT (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2011, 1:16 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
All 21 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 3, 11:09 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMG3 Sw Garland, KSPOWER LINES DOWN AT 250TH STREET AND CAVALRY RD.
Apr 3, 11:15 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGWest Mineral, KSTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Apr 3, 11:30 PM CDTNON-TSTM WND DMGNevada, MOPOWER LINE DOWN IN NEVADA ON SOUTH MAIN STREET.
Apr 4, 12:23 AM CDTHAIL 13 N Versailles, 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 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2011-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-476 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

316 
WWUS73 KSGF 040356
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1056 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...STRONG NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS OUT AHEAD OF COLD FRONT THIS
EVENING...

.STRONG PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT HAS
PRODUCED A PERIOD OF 50 TO 60 MPH NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS THIS
EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH
EAST AND AFFECT LOCATION ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO ELDON
MISSOURI LINE THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE
STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>091-093-094-040700-
/O.NEW.KSGF.HW.W.0001.110404T0356Z-110404T0700Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON
1056 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALONG ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO
  SPRINGFIELD TO ELDON MISSOURI LINE FOR THE REMINDER OF THE
  EVENING HOURS INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS.

* WINDS...A PERIOD OF NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THESE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...MAY
  DOWN POWER LINES AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

WISE
1 follow-up statement
581 
WWUS73 KSGF 040616
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
116 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...

.STRONG PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS CURRENTLY
LOCATED ON THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS MORNING...IS
PRODUCING NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ACROSS
SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>069-077>081-088>091-093-094-040730-
/O.CAN.KSGF.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110404T0700Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-
GREENE-WEBSTER-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON
116 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH WIND WARNING. 

THE FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE WARNING AREA AND WINDS HAVE
SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WITH
GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES...HOWEVER WARNING CRITERIA
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

MOZ082-092-095>098-102>106-041000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.110404T0616Z-110404T1000Z/
TEXAS-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOUSTON...CABOOL...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...
EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
116 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS LONG AND SOUTH OF A MONETT TO
  HOUSTON MISSOURI LINE EARLY THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...A BRIEF PERIOD OF SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THESE GUSTS WILL LIKELY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND MAY
  CAUSE SMALL TREE LIMB DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFVernon40 min
Apr 4, 1:16 AM CDTWind AdvisorySGFBarry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 5 more3 hr
Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDTFreeze WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more17 hr
Apr 3, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBourbon49 min

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Missouri, 2011High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every high wind 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.