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Frost Advisory 4, NWS Springfield, MO

October 6, 201233 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this frost advisory at Oct 6, 2012, 2:51 PM CDT for 33 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Oct 8, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2012, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 8, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 8, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
All 33 counties

Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2012-10-06Temperature 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 2012-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -155 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
1999 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-155 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.

841 
WWUS73 KSGF 061951
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
251 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FROST AND FREEZE FOR THE REGION TONIGHT...FROST POTENTIAL
CONTINUES SUNDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT...BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR TO
THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 65 ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP LOW ENOUGH TO RESULT IN A KILLING FREEZE FOR MANY AREAS...AND
A FREEZE WARNING AS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA.  

EAST OF U.S. 65...LINGERING CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES
FROM DROPPING QUITE AS LOW...BUT WIDESPREAD FROST IS STILL
EXPECTED. A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION.

WIDESPREAD FROST IS THEN EXPECTED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
WITH A HARD FREEZE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

MOZ055>057-067>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-071200-
/O.UPG.KSGF.FR.Y.0003.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-
DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...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
251 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. A
FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FROST ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST AND A KILLING
  FREEZE ARE LIKELY TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 65 
  IN MISSOURI.

  ADDITIONAL PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN SOME
  LOCALIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY SHELTERED VALLEYS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S
  TO AROUND 30 DEGREES. 

  TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE IN THE LOW 30S. 

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-071200-
/O.UPG.KSGF.FR.Y.0003.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA
251 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. THE
FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST AND A KILLING
  FREEZE ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID TO
  UPPER 20S. 

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MOZ097-098-105-106-071200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
/O.EXA.KSGF.FR.Y.0003.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
HOWELL-SHANNON-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
251 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY. AN
ADDITIONAL FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM
CDT MONDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE
  SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI OZARKS.

  WIDESPREAD FROST WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
  MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A KILLING FREEZE IN SOME
  LOCATIONS. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
  WILL BE IN THE LOW 30S. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
  MONDAY WILL BE AROUND 30...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS PERHAPS DROPPING
  INTO THE UPPER 20S. 

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES   
  MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS  
  ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-082-083-096-104-071200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0003.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-TANEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA...BRANSON...
FORSYTH
251 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN
ADDITIONAL FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM
CDT MONDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED LATE
  TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND PORTIONS OF
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. A FEW LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
  MAY EXPERIENCE A KILLING FREEZE. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW 30S.
  TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY WILL BE AROUND 30
  DEGREES. A FEW LOCATIONS SUNDAY NIGHT COULD DIP INTO THE UPPER
  20S. 

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

BOXELL
6 follow-up statements
299 
WWUS73 KSGF 062027
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
327 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FROST AND FREEZE FOR THE REGION TONIGHT...FROST POTENTIAL
CONTINUES SUNDAY NIGHT...

.STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH OVER THE REGION
TONIGHT...BRINGING THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR
TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 65...AS WELL AS
ACROSS THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION IN CENTRAL MISSOURI...ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP LOW ENOUGH TO RESULT IN A KILLING FREEZE FOR MANY AREAS. A
FREEZE WARNING AS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT FOR THIS AREA.

EAST OF THIS AREA...LINGERING CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM
DROPPING QUITE AS LOW...BUT WIDESPREAD FROST IS STILL EXPECTED. A
FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION.

WIDESPREAD FROST IS THEN EXPECTED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
WITH A HARD FREEZE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

MOZ055>057-067>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-070830-
/O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-
DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...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
327 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST AND A KILLING
  FREEZE ARE LIKELY TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 65 IN
  MISSOURI...AS WELL AS FOR THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION IN
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. 

  ADDITIONAL PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND
  EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN SOME
  LOCALIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY SHELTERED VALLEYS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO
  AROUND 30 DEGREES.

  TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED
  TO BE IN THE LOW 30S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-070830-
/O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA
327 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST AND A KILLING FREEZE
  ARE LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN
  KANSAS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER
  20S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL SENSITIVE
  PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MOZ058-070-071-082-083-096>098-104>106-070830-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0003.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-
OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
327 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
SUNDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE
  HEART OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS. 
 
  WIDESPREAD FROST WILL ONCE AGAIN OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
  MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A KILLING FREEZE IN SOME
  LOCATIONS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL
  BE IN THE LOW 30S. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
  WILL BE AROUND 30...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS PERHAPS DROPPING INTO
  THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

BOXELL
867 
WWUS73 KSGF 070839
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST POTENTIAL EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...

.CLOUDS HAVE PERSISTED ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND HAVE LIMITED
COOLING SO FAR EARLY THIS MORNING. CLOUDS ARE CLEARING ACROSS
KANSAS EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO
EAST EARLY THIS MORNING. AREAS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
AND WESTERN MISSOURI SHOULD SEE CLOUDS CLEAR BEFORE SUNRISE AND
ONCE SKIES CLEAR TEMPERATURES SHOULD QUICKLY FALL TO AROUND THE
FREEZING MARK. WIDESPREAD FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE
AREAS.

THE EASTERN OZARKS WILL REMAIN CLOUDY THROUGH SUNRISE AND THIS
WILL LIMIT THE FROST POTENTIAL HERE AND WILL THEREFORE CANCEL THE
FROST ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS EARLY. 

THE COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND THE
FREEZING MARK AND WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED FOR NEARLY ALL OF
SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. A HARD FREEZE WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

MOZ058-070-071-082-083-096>098-104>106-080000-
/O.CAN.KSGF.FR.Y.0003.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-
OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
339 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...
...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR EARLY THIS MORNING...

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

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
  A KILLING FREEZE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY WILL BE
  AROUND THE FREEZING MARK...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS PERHAPS DROPPING
  INTO THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE 
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MOZ055>057-067>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-080000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-
DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...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
339 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST DEVELOPMENT IS
  EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING WEST OF U.S. 65 IN MISSOURI...AS
  WELL AS FOR THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION IN CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  ADDITIONAL PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND
  EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN SOME
  LOCALIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY SHELTERED VALLEYS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN
  TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.


* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-071400-
/O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.121007T0900Z-121007T1400Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA
339 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED EARLY
  THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL BE AROUND THE
  FREEZING MARK. 

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
919 
WWUS73 KSGF 071409
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
909 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST POTENTIAL TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...

UNDER HIGH PRESSURE...CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...WIDESPREAD
FROST WAS OBSERVED OVER PARTS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND FAR
SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER FAR WESTERN
MISSOURI.

THE COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT INTO
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND
THE FREEZING MARK AGAIN LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING
AND WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTHWESTERN
AND CENTRAL MISSOURI.  A HARD FREEZE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

MOZ055>057-067>069-077>081-088>095-101>103-080000-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121007T1400Z/
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-
DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...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
909 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE
  THE FREEZING MARK...THUS THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER
  REQUIRED.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ADDITIONAL PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD
  FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER
  FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCALIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY
  SHELTERED VALLEYS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING WILL BE AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-071515-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121007T1400Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA
909 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE THE FREEZING
MARK...THUS THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.

$$

MOZ058-070-071-082-083-096>098-104>106-080000-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-TEXAS-DENT-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-
OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...AVA...
WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...
GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
909 AM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO
  DEVELOP TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE POTENTIAL
  FOR A KILLING FREEZE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY WILL BE
  AROUND THE FREEZING MARK...WITH A FEW LOCATIONS PERHAPS DROPPING
  INTO THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

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370 
WWUS73 KSGF 072011
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
311 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST AND FREEZE FOR MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT...

CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL AT THE SURFACE...AND
THE COLD AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HIGH...ALONG WITH CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST ACROSS THE
MISSOURI OZARKS TONIGHT. A KILLING FREEZE IS LIKELY FOR MOST
LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. 65 AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 44.

MOZ070-071-080>083-090>092-095>098-104-105-081200-
/O.UPG.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KSGF.FZ.W.0002.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...
EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA
311 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT MONDAY. THE
FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A KILLING FREEZE IS EXPECTED LATE
  TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
  U.S. 65 AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK MONDAY MORNING WILL
  BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MOZ055>058-067>069-077>079-088-089-093-094-101>103-081200-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
311 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST IS
  EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR AREAS WEST OF U.S. 65 IN MISSOURI...AS WELL
  AS ACROSS THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION IN CENTRAL MISSOURI. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE LOW 30S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MOZ106-081200-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.121008T0900Z-121008T1400Z/
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THAYER...ALTON
311 PM CDT SUN OCT 7 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT
MONDAY...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST WILL OCCUR LATE
  TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS OREGON COUNTY. 

* TEMPERATURE...LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE AROUND THE
  FREEZING MARK. A FEW SHELTERED VALLEYS COULD EXPERIENCE
  TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S. 

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

BOXELL
612 
WWUS73 KSGF 080914
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
414 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012


MOZ070-071-080>083-090>092-095>098-104-105-081400-
/O.CON.KSGF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...
EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA
414 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED EARLY
  THIS MORNING FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. 65 AND ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44...WITH A HARD FREEZE STILL EXPECTED
  FOR LOCALIZED AREAS.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES...WITH SOME
  LOCATIONS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL KILL
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
  TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

MOZ055>058-067>069-077>079-088-089-093-094-101>103-081400-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
414 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST IS
  EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING WEST OF U.S. 65 IN MISSOURI...AS
  WELL AS ACROSS THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION IN CENTRAL
  MISSOURI.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MOZ106-081400-
/O.CON.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THAYER...ALTON
414 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED EARLY
  THIS MORNING ACROSS OREGON COUNTY.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL DROP TO AROUND THE FREEZING MARK. A FEW
  SHELTERED VALLEYS COULD EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER
  20S.

* IMPACTS...THE EXPECTED FROST AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY
  KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

WFO SGF
154 
WWUS73 KSGF 081347
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
847 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012


MOZ070-071-080>083-090>092-095>098-104-105-081500-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
PULASKI-PHELPS-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...
ROLLA...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...
SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...
MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...
EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA
847 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED TO ABOVE FREEZING.  THUS THE FREEZE
WARNING IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.

$$

MOZ055>058-067>069-077>079-088-089-093-094-101>103-081500-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-BARTON-CEDAR-
POLK-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...
CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
847 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO WARM AFTER SUNRISE. THUS THE FROST
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.

$$

MOZ106-081500-
/O.EXP.KSGF.FR.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121008T1400Z/
OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THAYER...ALTON
847 AM CDT MON OCT 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO WARM AFTER SUNRISE. THUS THE FROST
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER REQUIRED.

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at Oct 6, 11:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 11:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1149 AM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

...UPDATE TO AVIATION...

.UPDATE...
/ISSUED 926 AM CDT/

HAVE MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE SHORT TERM FORECAST
THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS SOUTH OF U.S. 60.
SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES CONTINUE TO STREAM EAST INTO THE REGION THIS
MORNING FROM OKLAHOMA...AND THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AS DEEP TROPOSPHERIC ASCENT INCREASES. DRY AIR IN THE
LOWEST 5-6 KFT OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIMIT QPF QUITE A BIT...BUT
DID INCREASE POPS AS CHANCES APPEAR REASONABLY HIGH FOR MOST OF
THE SOUTHERN CWA TO MEASURE AT LEAST A SMALL AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION.

IN ADDITION...HAVE ALSO INTRODUCED A MENTION OF SLEET FOR THE FAR SOUTHERN
TIER OF COUNTIES...AS THE DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS IS PROVIDING
ENOUGH EVAPORATIVE COOLING TO RESULT IN SLEET/GRAUPEL.

BOXELL

&&

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FOCUS IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE WILL DEAL WITH LIGHT RAIN
CHANCES TODAY...THEN FOCUS TURNS TO FROST/FREEZE POTENTIAL TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.

CURRENTLY...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO THE
REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT A COOL AIRMASS HAS SPREAD
OVER THE AREA WITH EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE
UPPER TO MIDDLE 30S. PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS WHERE
CLEAR SKIES WILL PERSIST FOR THE MUCH OF THE NIGHT. CLOUDS ARE
BEGINNING TO SPREAD EAST INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE PUSHING ACROSS THE PLAINS.

THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY INTO TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AS THE DISTURBANCE SPREADS EAST. THERE
WILL ALSO BE CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN OR SPRINKLES
TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE BETTER LIFT AND MOISTURE
WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA ACROSS ARKANSAS WHERE THE BETTER
CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE RAIN WILL OCCUR. THINK THERE WILL AT LEAST BE
SOME SPRINKLES OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH THE BEST CHANCES
FOR MEASURABLE RAIN OCCURRING CLOSER TO THE ARKANSAS BORDER. COOL
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AS HIGHS GENERALLY ONLY WARM TO
AROUND THE 50 DEGREE MARK.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE SOUTH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY...RESULTING IN SKIES CLEARING AND LIGHT WINDS
OCCURRING TONIGHT. THE COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND
LOWS WILL BE QUITE CHILLY SUNDAY MORNING...AS LOWS DROP INTO THE
LOWER 30S. WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. LOWS WILL LIKELY DROP
TO AROUND OR SLIGHTLY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVERNIGHT. NOT
EXPECTED WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURES OF 28 OR BELOW FOR A HARD
FREEZE...THOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW THE
FREEZING MARK FOR A FEW HOURS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WITH CONFIDENCE
IN FROST DEVELOPMENT HIGH AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A HARD FREEZE MORE
MARGINAL...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE FROST ADVISORY FOR THIS
MORNINGS FORECAST PACKAGE. NEVER THE LESS...THESE TEMPERATURES
AND EXPECTED FROST DEVELOPMENT MAY KILL SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
VEGETATION IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY TRACK EAST ACROSS THE AREA
ON SUNDAY WITH ANOTHER COOL DAY EXPECTED WITH HIGHS ONLY WARMING
INTO THE MIDDLE 50S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST BY
SUNDAY NIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE AREA TO RESULT
IN ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. LOWS
AGAIN WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TO LOWER 30S. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS CLOSER TO THE AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE. FROST WILL AGAIN LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS AT LEAST THE
EASTERN OZARKS AND THE FROST ADVISORY WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE
EXTENDED FOR SOME AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.

A WARMING TREND WILL THEN OCCUR NEXT WEEK AS HIGHS RETURN TO THE
60S AND 70S. A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

WISE

&&

.AVIATION...

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND SPRINKLES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE TERMINALS
TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON AT BBG. A
FEW SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN SLEET OR SOFT HAIL...BUT THIS SHOULD HAVE
LIMITED OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CIGS LOOK TO REMAIN RATHER HIGH...LIKELY
WELL INTO THE VFR CATEGORY.

SKIES WILL CLEAR LATE TONIGHT...WITH FROST LIKELY BY MORNING.
GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT NORTH WINDS WILL THEN PREVAIL FOR
MOST OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

BOXELL

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...FROST ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR MOZ055>058-
     066>071-077>083-088>096-101>104.

KS...FROST ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1246 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-071800-
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
1246 PM CDT SAT OCT 6 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

 ELEVATED FROST RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE
  OUTLOOK AREA. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES
  CLOSE TO A HARD FREEZE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

  MORE FROST IS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

  THERE IS THEN A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE MIDDLE TO
  END OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH
OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE)

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 2:51 PM CDTFreeze WarningSGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 17 more18 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.