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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

March 19, 2012Stone County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2012, 11:21 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 24 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, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2012, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

County Stone County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2012-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2012-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 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
173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

232 
WWUS83 KSGF 200421
SPSSGF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1121 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

MOZ102-103-200445-
BARRY MO-STONE MO-
1121 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BARRY AND STONE COUNTIES
UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

AT 1116 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHEELERVILLE TO 7
MILES WEST OF LAMPE TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAMPE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3651 9359 3691 9372 3693 9371 3692 9362
      3700 9360 3699 9334 3682 9334 3682 9331
      3651 9331 3649 9333 3649 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 217DEG 32KT 3687 9364 3661 9353
          3646 9347

$$

WISE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:21 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFJasper, McDonald, Newton12 hr
Mar 19, 9:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Vernon10 hr
Mar 19, 9:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBates, Vernon9 days
Mar 19, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry44 min
Mar 19, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney40 min
Mar 20, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Douglas, Greene, Webster41 min
Mar 20, 6:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton, Vernon6 hr
Mar 20, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFMcDonald64 hr
Mar 20, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFStone63 hr
Mar 20, 1:01 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFMcDonald, Newton22 hr
Mar 20, 4:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBarton, Jasper, Vernon18 hr
Mar 20, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOzark37 min
Mar 20, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark31 min
Mar 20, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas35 min
Mar 20, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningSGFDouglas18 min
Mar 20, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWright39 min
Mar 19, 9:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon56 hr
Mar 19, 9:21 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFBourbon3 days
Mar 20, 8:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFCherokee71 hr
Mar 20, 1:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford22 hr

Nearby

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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.