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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT for Christian County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 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 16, 2012, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Christian County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 1719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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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</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 16, 10:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 12:22 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1222 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-171730- 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- 1222 PM CDT THU AUG 16 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... ELEVATED HAIL RISK. ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. ELEVATED LIGHTNING RISK. LIMITED EXCESSIVE HEAT RISK. DISCUSSION... AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE 90S ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT BY THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL GENERALLY AFFECT LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OVER 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL BE THE PRIMARY RISK WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL ALSO BE HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS. OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO VIENNA MISSOURI LINE. && 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) WFO SGF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 12:42 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1242 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 MOZ095-096-161830- CHRISTIAN MO-DOUGLAS MO- 1242 PM CDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CHRISTIAN AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 1239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SPARTA...OR 6 MILES EAST OF OZARK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BRUNER...CHADWICK...CHRISTIAN CENTER... DOGWOOD...ELKHEAD...KELTNER...LINDEN...OLDFIELD AND SPARTA. PEOPLE IN EASTERN CHRISTIAN AND NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES... INCLUDING SPARTA...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN. LAT...LON 3704 9279 3687 9284 3692 9320 3705 9317 TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 270DEG 13KT 3701 9308 LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Shannon, Texas | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Texas, Wright | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Texas, Wright | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Shannon, Texas | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Shannon | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Howell, Shannon, Texas | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Laclede, Phelps, Pulaski, Texas, Wright | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Laclede, Texas, Webster, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Oregon, Shannon | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Wright | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster, Wright | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Stone | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence, Newton | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Greene, Webster | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Lawrence | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Newton | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dent | 24 min |
| Aug 16, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Webster | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Greene, Webster | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Webster | 31 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.