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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Springfield, MO

May 23, 201117 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at May 23, 2011, 10:17 PM CDT for 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2011, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -138 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-417 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 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.

483 
WWUS73 KSGF 240317
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1017 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...GUSTY WIND EXPECTED UNDER RAIN SHIELD...

.RAPIDLY INCREASING PRESSURE BEHIND A RAIN SHIELD WILL INDUCE
BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY SUSTAINED AT
20 TO 30 MPH WHERE RAIN IS OCCURRING.

MOZ079-080-082-089>092-094>098-102>106-240900-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0005.110524T0317Z-110524T0900Z/
POLK-DALLAS-TEXAS-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
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
1017 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...LOCATIONS FROM MONETT TO BOLIVAR AND
  SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST PLAINS

* WINDS...WINDS UNDER THE RAIN SHIELD WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO
  30 MPH WITH BRIEF GUSTS TO 50 MPH THROUGH 4 AM.

* IMPACTS...LOCATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE THESE GUSTY WINDS CAN EXPECT
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS
  WITH UNSECURED LIGHT ITEMS POTENTIALLY BEING BLOWN AROUND.

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.

&&

$$

HATCH
1 follow-up statement
961 
WWUS73 KSGF 240852
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
352 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011


MOZ079-080-082-089>092-094>098-102>106-241000-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110524T0900Z/
POLK-DALLAS-TEXAS-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
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
352 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. 

OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS THE REGION.
THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

GAGAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFMcDonald67 min
May 23, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFJasper, Newton30 hr
May 23, 8:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBarry, Stone, Taney66 hr
May 24, 10:00 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarry, Jasper, McDonald, Newton24 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.