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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

July 8, 2012Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 8, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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: Jul 8, 2012, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

County Bourbon County, KS

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 1229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 8, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
418 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

.DISCUSSION...
/ISSUED 355 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012/

ANOTHER IN HOPEFULLY THE LAST IN A STRING OF VERY HOT DAYS WAS IN
PROGRESS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. READINGS AT MID
AFTERNOON GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES.

THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN COVERAGE. STORM DEVELOPMENT MAY FOCUS
ALONG TWO AXIS OF CONVERGENCE. ONE AXIS SAGGING SOUTH ACROSS
CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ANOTHER ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. IT APPEARS THE MOST
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COVERAGE WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI INTO ARKANSAS ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF AN MID
CIRCULATION CENTERED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR
THIS ACTIVITY SPREADING WEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

THE WEAK AND DIFFUSE FRONT STRETCHING WEST TO EAST ACROSS
NORTHERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL SAG SOUTH INTO THE AREA MONDAY
AN UPPER TROUGH BUILDS INTO THE NORTHEASTERN U.S. CONVERGENCE
ALONG THIS FRONT WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 44.

A MORE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE AIR MASS WILL BE EVIDENT TUESDAY
INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY NEAR
NORMAL. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF
CONVECTION MAY RETURN TO THE EASTERN OZARKS NEXT WEEKEND.

FOSTER

&&

.AVIATION...

THE PRIMARY AVIATION WEATHER IMPACT TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND
OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
AS EXTENSIVE AS THE CONVECTION YESTERDAY...A FEW ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE EXPECTED. ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE TOMORROW MORNING AS A COLD FRONT THAT HAS BEEN
INCHING TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE NORTH FINALLY MOVES INTO THE
REGION.

KARDELL

&&

.SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOZ055>058-066>071-
     077>083-088>098-101>106.

KS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ073-097-101.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
337 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-092045-
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-
337 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK.
  ELEVATED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG
  GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG WITH PENNY TO QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL.

  TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
  WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 105 DEGREES THROUGH LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON OUTSIDE OF THE SHOWERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND
  FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...MAINLY ALONG
  AND SOUTH OF I-44. AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM WILL BE
  POSSIBLE.

  A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE EASTERN
  OZARKS THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY OBSERVED WIND DAMAGE OR
  LARGE HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD.

&&

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)

FOSTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
325 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2012

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

0320 PM     HAIL             5 SSE HERMITAGE         37.87N 93.28W
07/08/2012  M0.75 INCH       HICKORY            MO   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

JCOLUCCI

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
401 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

MOZ079-082130-
POLK MO-
401 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM
CDT...

AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF BOLIVAR...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3754 9334 3762 9358 3773 9343 3771 9330
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 019DEG 26KT 3765 9341

RUNNELS

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
403 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2012

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

0352 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 S HOLLISTER           36.55N 93.22W
07/08/2012  M63 MPH          TANEY              MO   PUBLIC

            WIND GUST OF 63 MPH MEASURED AT BRANSON AIRPORT CONTROL
            TOWER.

&&

JCOLUCCI

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
452 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2012

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N BOLIVAR             37.64N 93.41W
07/08/2012                   POLK               MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            THREE MOBILE HOMES HEAVILY DAMAGED. TREE DOWN ON ANOTHER
            MOBILE HOME.

&&

AFOSTER

Local storm report, Jul 8, 5:48 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
548 PM CDT SUN JUL 08 2012

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

0437 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE CRANE             36.85N 93.54W
07/08/2012                   STONE              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN NEAR THE TOWN OF ELSEY.

&&

AFOSTER

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:58 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
558 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

KSZ073-082330-
BOURBON KS-
558 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM CDT...

AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIATTVILLE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT
SCOTT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS
AS IT APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 3791 9508 3791 9507 3787 9490 3772 9475
      3768 9480 3768 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 030DEG 10KT 3775 9486

RUNNELS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 3:12 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	16 hr
Jul 8, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	36 min
Jul 8, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	St. Clair	41 min
Jul 8, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	24 min
Jul 8, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	49 min
Jul 8, 2:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Miller	6 hr
Jul 8, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Taney	16 min
Jul 8, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk	29 min
Jul 8, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Shannon	28 min
Jul 8, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	28 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone, Taney	31 min
Jul 8, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Newton	26 min
Jul 8, 6:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas, Wright	4 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.