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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

April 4, 2012Laclede County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2012, 1:55 PM CDT for Laclede County, Missouri. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 4, 2012, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 4, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

County Laclede County, MO

The radar

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The text

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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 Apr 4, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 12:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 12:57 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
155 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012

MOZ081-041945-
LACLEDE MO-
155 PM CDT WED APR 4 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LACLEDE COUNTY UNTIL 245 PM
CDT...

AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORGAN...OR 15 MILES SOUTH
OF LEBANON...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3776 9241 3748 9252 3748 9267 3748 9268
      3779 9272
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 188DEG 15KT 3747 9262

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 4, 2:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Pulaski	47 min
Apr 4, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Pulaski	49 min
Apr 4, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Phelps	29 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.