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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 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 31, 2012, 4:02 AM CDT (09:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2012, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Douglas County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2376 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 31, 3:38 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:38 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 108 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-010615- 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- 108 AM CDT THU MAY 31 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. SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY...THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOW. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY MORNING WILL POSE A LOW RISK FOR SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. STRONGER STORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS IF SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY...AND AGAIN EARLY 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) GAGAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 12:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1258 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
MOZ077-088-310630-
BARTON MO-JASPER MO-
1258 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHEASTERN
BARTON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 AM CDT...
AT 1257 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF
BOSTON TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARYTOWN TO FIDELITY...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ALBA...CARTHAGE...GOLDEN CITY...JASPER...
PURCELL AND SARCOXIE.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 32 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY
THESE STORMS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3753 9408 3746 9407 3744 9408 3729 9408
3729 9405 3723 9405 3707 9406 3705 9440
3720 9445 3742 9447
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 249DEG 21KT 3739 9437 3724 9434
3709 9430
HATCHSpecial weather statement, May 31, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 229 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012 MOZ090-095-103-104-310800- CHRISTIAN MO-GREENE MO-STONE MO-TANEY MO- 229 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CHRISTIAN...NORTHEASTERN STONE...NORTHWESTERN TANEY AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHLANDVILLE TO TABLE ROCK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE HIGHLANDVILLE...MERRIAM WOODS...NIXA... OZARK...ROCKAWAY BEACH AND SOUTHEASTERN SPRINGFIELD. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE TABLE ROCK LAKE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3719 9315 3676 9306 3659 9331 3700 9339 TIME...MOT...LOC 0729Z 216DEG 22KT 3699 9332 3666 9326 HATCH
Local storm report, May 31, 2:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
240 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0221 AM HAIL 1 E REPUBLIC 37.12N 93.46W
05/31/2012 E0.88 INCH GREENE MO AMATEUR RADIO
&&
DSASpecial weather statement, May 31, 2:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
249 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
MOZ079-080-090-091-310815-
GREENE MO-POLK MO-WEBSTER MO-DALLAS MO-
249 AM CDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN GREENE...NORTHWESTERN
WEBSTER...SOUTHEASTERN POLK AND SOUTHWESTERN DALLAS COUNTIES UNTIL
315 AM CDT...
AT 248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT HOPE TO
TURNERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUFFALO...FAIR GROVE...MARSHFIELD...
PLEASANT HOPE...SPRINGFIELD AND STRAFFORD.
INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 74 AND 101 WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED
BY THESE STORMS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3748 9340 3770 9300 3733 9289 3709 9327
3709 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 0749Z 233DEG 33KT 3745 9325 3719 9318
HATCHSpecial weather statement, May 31, 4:02 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 31 min |
| May 31, 2:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 26 min |
| May 31, 3:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton | 6 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.