Alert archive / Missouri / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT for Stone County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 2, 2012, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Stone County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 1001 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -380 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 453 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
586
WWUS83 KSGF 022342
SPSSGF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
642 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012
MOZ103-030015-
STONE MO-
642 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL STONE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
CDT...
AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAPE FAIR...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
KIMBERLING CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
PERSONS ON OR NEAR TABLE ROCK LAKE...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. THUNDERSTORMS POSE A VARIETY OF LIFE
THREATENING HAZARDS TO BOATERS INCLUDING STRONG WINDS...VERY CHOPPY
WATERS...HAIL...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POTENTIALLY
BLINDING RAINS. DON'T BE CAUGHT OUT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM...
BOATERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
LAT...LON 3665 9358 3676 9358 3680 9356 3678 9331
3665 9331 3657 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 275DEG 21KT 3672 9353
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KURTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 65 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:13 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 52 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.