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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

March 19, 2012Vernon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2012, 3:19 PM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2012, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

County Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Mar 19, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:18 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 1:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
135 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-191900-
BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-BARTON MO-JASPER MO-NEWTON MO-
VERNON MO-
135 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BARTON...EASTERN CHEROKEE...
EASTERN CRAWFORD...NORTHWESTERN NEWTON...SOUTHEASTERN BOURBON...
SOUTHWESTERN VERNON AND WESTERN JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GIRARD TO 5 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF REDINGS MILL...MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE AIRPORT DRIVE...ALBA...ARCADIA...ARMA...
CARL JUNCTION...CARTERVILLE...CHEROKEE...ENGLEVALE...FRONTENAC...
GALENA...GIRARD...IRON GATES...JASPER...JOPLIN...LAMAR...LIBERAL...
MINDENMINES...MULBERRY...ORONOGO...PITTSBURG...PURCELL...SCAMMON...
SHOAL CREEK DRIVE...VERDELLA...WEBB CITY AND WEIR.

INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 3786 9480 3753 9415 3687 9462 3687 9463
      3699 9463 3700 9472 3749 9496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 188DEG 54KT 3755 9487 3702 9458

BOXELL

Local storm report, Mar 19, 1:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
136 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW COLUMBUS           37.20N 94.88W
03/19/2012                   CHEROKEE           KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BARN BLOWN DOWN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER

&&

MGRIFFIN

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	3 days
Mar 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	7 days
Mar 19, 9:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	7 days
Mar 19, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Barton	25 min
Mar 19, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar	31 min
Mar 19, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	52 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.