Alert archive / Missouri / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 3:28 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 3:28 AM CST (09:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326 WWUS73 KSGF 040928 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 328 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASS THROUGH THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104- 042130- /O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.120304T1700Z-120305T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 328 AM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 44. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GRIFFIN
2 follow-up statements
424 WWUS73 KSGF 041842 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1242 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .INCREASINGLY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO NORTHERN AND EASTERN MISSOURI. KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104- 050000- /O.CON.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 1242 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SHORT TERM TRENDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO MISSOURI. WINDS ARE ALREADY GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH AS THEY VEER MORE TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THROUGH 6 PM ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY ALONG SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED ROADS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 44. IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DSA
091 WWUS73 KSGF 042353 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 553 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104- 050100- /O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120305T0000Z/ BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-BARTON- CEDAR-POLK-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-MCDONALD- BARRY-STONE-TANEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG... BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...NEVADA... APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...HERMITAGE...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD... SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK... ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY... GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH 553 PM CST SUN MAR 4 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WIND GUSTS ARE DIMINISHING EARLY THIS EVENING AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW THE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. WINDS SHOULD BECOME LIGHT LATER ON THIS EVENING. $$ LINDENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 3:51 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 14 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.