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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Springfield, MO

April 10, 201125 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2011, 10:01 AM CDT for 25 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2011, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
All 28 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 2011-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 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 12:00Z on 2011-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 613 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-847 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
613 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
617 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.

889 
WWUS73 KSGF 101501
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1001 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WAS PUSHING INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PLAINS THIS MORNING. IN RESPONSE A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND A
TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY. THE STRONGEST GUSTS
WILL LIKELY BE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON AS
THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE THE STRONGEST AT THIS TIME. GUSTS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS THE
LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS AND A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>081-088>095-101>104-110000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.110410T1501Z-110411T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-
DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-
BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
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...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...
BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...
ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH
1001 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FOR THE REMINDER OF THE MORNING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS INTO
  THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...OR ALONG AND WEST OF A BRANSON
  TO OSAGE BEACH LINE.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45
  MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS WILL PARTICULARLY IMPACT AREA LAKES...AND
  MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS.

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
384 
WWUS73 KSGF 102351
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
651 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>057-066>070-077>081-088>095-101>104-110100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110411T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-
HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-
DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-
BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
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...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...
BUFFALO...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...
ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH
651 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

GAEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 4:25 PM CDTRed Flag WarningSGFBarton, Vernon4 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.