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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Springfield, MO

November 19, 2011Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Nov 19, 2011, 10:33 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 19, 2011, 10:33 AM CST (16:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 19, 2011, 3:46 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2011-11-19Temperature 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 2011-11-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 651 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
651 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
603 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.

823 
WWUS73 KSGF 191633
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1033 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS IS PRODUCING
VERY WINDY AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI THIS MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY WEAKEN LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. SUSTAINED
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY
71 CORRIDOR.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-192200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0012.111119T1633Z-111119T2200Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE
1033 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE REST OF THIS MORNING INTO THIS
  AFTERNOON FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON WEST EAST HIGHWAYS CAN EXPECT
  DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE THE MOST
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS.

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.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
1 follow-up statement
125 
WWUS73 KSGF 192146
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
346 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-192300-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-111119T2200Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
NEOSHO...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE
346 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING
THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS...HOWEVER WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM. 

$$

DSA

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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.