Alert archive / Missouri / Wind Advisories in 2011

Wind Advisory 13, NWS Springfield, MO

December 31, 20115 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2011, 11:41 AM CST for 5 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2011, 11:41 AM CST (17:41 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 31, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 1, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
In force
15 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 17:45 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, 5.7 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 2011-12-31Temperature 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 2011-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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.

795 
WWUS73 KSGF 311741
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1141 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BRING IN THE NEW YEAR...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM NEBRASKA
THIS AFTERNOON INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE TONIGHT. STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. WINDS
WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH THESE WINDS LIKELY IMPACTING
OUTDOOR NEW YEARS EVE FESTIVITIES.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-010545-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0013.111231T1800Z-120101T0900Z/
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
1141 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE
  SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30
  MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
  AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR
  WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH 3 AM TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
  CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON.

  WINDS MAY DECREASE FOR A TIME FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO 
  EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 
  WILL DEVELOP BY MID EVENING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT 
  HOURS BEHIND A PASSING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 
  25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS 
  OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE 
  TONIGHT...BUT BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO NEW YEARS DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...THOSE PLANNING NEW 
  YEARS EVE ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND 
  GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

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.

&&

$$

MOZ055>058-067>071-078>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-010545-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0013.120101T0300Z-120101T1200Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-
PHELPS-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...
BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
1141 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SUNDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS EAST OF
  THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS
  THE CENTRAL MISSOURI OZARKS FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. MEANWHILE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL MAINLY
  OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS
  OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE.
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE TONIGHT...BUT BREEZY
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO NEW YEARS DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT 
  FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...THOSE PLANNING NEW 
  YEARS EVE ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND 
  GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

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.

&&

$$

SCHAUMANN
1 follow-up statement
418 
WWUS73 KSGF 312145
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
345 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BRING IN THE NEW YEAR...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK FROM NEBRASKA
THIS AFTERNOON INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE TONIGHT. STRONG
AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS FAR WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. WINDS
WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AS A STRONG COLD
FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE REGION. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH THESE WINDS LIKELY IMPACTING
OUTDOOR NEW YEARS EVE FESTIVITIES.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-010900-
/O.CON.KSGF.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120101T0900Z/
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
345 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST SUNDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SUSTAINED WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40
  MPH FROM THE SOUTH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON.
  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AS A COLD FRONT PASSES EARLY THIS
  EVENING...WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE
  COLD FRONT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR
  WESTERN MISSOURI THROUGH 3 AM TONIGHT.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH 
  CAN BE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON.

  WINDS MAY DECREASE FOR A TIME FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
  HOWEVER...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY
  TO MID EVENING AND PERSIST INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS BEHIND
  A PASSING COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH
  POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE TONIGHT...BUT
  BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO NEW YEARS DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...THOSE PLANNING NEW YEARS
  EVE ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY
  WINDS...ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

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.

&&

$$

MOZ055>058-067>071-078>083-089>092-094>098-102>106-010945-
/O.CON.KSGF.WI.Y.0013.120101T0300Z-120101T1200Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-
PHELPS-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...
BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
345 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCH WIND
  ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON AT A FEW LOCATIONS...BUT MUCH
  STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING HOURS AS A STRONG
  COLD FRONT PASSES. AS THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL TURN
  TO THE WEST AND BECOME VERY GUSTY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS EAST OF
  THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THE
  OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS
  THE CENTRAL MISSOURI OZARKS FROM MID TO LATE EVENING THROUGH THE
  EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. MEANWHILE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
  MAINLY OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS  
  OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE.  
  WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY LATE TONIGHT...BUT BREEZY  
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO NEW YEARS DAY.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...THOSE PLANNING NEW YEARS
  EVE ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG AND GUSTY
  WINDS...ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

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.

&&

$$

BOXELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 3:45 AM CSTRed Flag WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 21 more14 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Missouri, 2011Wind Advisories in Kansas, 2011Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.