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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2012, 1:57 AM CDT for Ozark 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 13, 2012, 1:57 AM CDT (06:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2012, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Ozark County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 13, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 12:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 9:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 914 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 2012 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-140215- 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- 914 PM CDT SUN AUG 12 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... WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL STEADILY MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. DUE TO MODEST WIND SHEAR AND LIMITED INSTABILITY...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. MOST STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK FOR WILDFIRES WILL OCCUR MONDAY WITH MODERATELY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING BEHIND A COLD FRONT. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BEST OVERALL CHANCES FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE WIDELY SCATTERED NATURE OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && 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, Aug 13, 12:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1244 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
MOZ102-103-130615-
BARRY MO-STONE MO-
1244 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL STONE AND EAST CENTRAL
BARRY COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF JENKINS...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
CASSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. PENNY SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRANSON WEST...CAPE FAIR...GALENA...INDIAN
POINT...JENKINS...KIMBERLING CITY...REEDS SPRING...SHELL KNOB AND
SILVER DOLLAR CITY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE TABLE
ROCK LAKE.
PEOPLE IN CENTRAL STONE AND EASTERN BARRY COUNTIES...INCLUDING TABLE
ROCK LAKE...REEDS SPRING AND BRANSON WEST...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
LAT...LON 3663 9380 3678 9381 3683 9334 3682 9334
3682 9331 3660 9331
TIME...MOT...LOC 0544Z 267DEG 36KT 3672 9369
SCHAUMANNSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 1:57 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 157 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 MOZ105-130730- OZARK MO- 157 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OZARK COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT... AT 152 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LONG RUN...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF AVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRIXEY...GAINESVILLE...HARDENVILLE... ISABELLA...LONG RUN...NOBLE...SUNDOWN...THEODOSIA...THORNFIELD... WILLHOIT AND ZANONI. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OZARK COUNTY...INCLUDING GAINESVILLE...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LAT...LON 3656 9277 3674 9277 3678 9231 3655 9230 TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 270DEG 35KT 3665 9265 SCHAUMANN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 20 min |
| Aug 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Stone | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.