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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Springfield, MO

April 4, 201111 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2011, 1:16 AM CDT for 11 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2011, 1:16 AM CDT (06:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2011, 4:33 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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

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The text

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

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
1 follow-up statement
667 
WWUS73 KSGF 040933
NPWSGF

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

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI. A COLD FRONT HAS
SHIFTED ACROSS THE REGION...ALLOWING THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO
DECREASE IN SPEED...AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. THEREFORE...THE
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

MOZ082-092-095>098-102>106-041045-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-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
433 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WIND SPEEDS ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

CRAMER

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 3, 10:56 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningSGFBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 12 more2 hr
Apr 4, 3:18 PM CDTFreeze WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more17 hr

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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.