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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

May 29, 2012McDonald County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2012, 11:55 PM CDT for McDonald County, Missouri. It was in force for 35 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
May 29, 2012, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

County McDonald County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 29, 9:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 9:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 7:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
757 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-310100-
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-
757 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND NORTH CENTRAL
  OKLAHOMA WILL CONTINUE TO FORM INTO A COMPLEX THIS EVENING. THE
  MOST INTENSE STORMS FROM THIS COMPLEX WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST AND
  MISS THE OUTLOOK AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
  TRACK INTO PORTIONS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR
  WESTERN MISSOURI AFTER 10 PM. THE NORTHERN END OF THIS COMPLEX
  WILL THEN WEAKEN AS IT APPROACHES THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. WIND
  GUSTS TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...FREQUENT
  LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN
  THREATS FROM ANY STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

  ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
  THESE STORMS WILL SPREAD EAST BRINGING AN ELEVATED RISK FOR
  SEVERE STORMS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
  MISSOURI FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
  DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE
  SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY
  RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. ON
  THURSDAY...LIMITED INSTABILITY WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORMS
  GENERALLY BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG TO
  SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS WHERE
  POCKETS OF STRONGER INSTABILITY COULD DEVELOP.

  THERE IS THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AND
  SATURDAY...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY. HOWEVER MOST AREAS ARE
  EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 10 PM AND 3 AM...
  GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 71 CORRIDOR.

&&

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)

SCHAUMANN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 11:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1155 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

MOZ101-300530-
MCDONALD MO-
1155 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MCDONALD COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM
CDT...

AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GOODMAN TO PINEVILLE
TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF PINEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ANDERSON...GOODMAN...LANAGAN...
PINEVILLE...POWELL AND ROCKY COMFORT.

PEOPLE IN MCDONALD COUNTY...INCLUDING PINEVILLE...ANDERSON...LANAGAN
AND GOODMAN...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

LAT...LON 3649 9448 3657 9446 3676 9455 3675 9407
      3649 9407
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 266DEG 28KT 3672 9442 3657 9434
          3645 9439

SCHAUMANN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFVernon24 min
May 30, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOzark31 min
May 30, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOzark35 min
May 30, 4:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster32 min
May 30, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell34 min
May 30, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOzark29 min
May 30, 4:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell19 min
May 30, 5:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWright28 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2012Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.