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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Springfield, MO

March 7, 201228 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 9:42 AM CST for 28 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2012, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
All 31 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2012-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2012-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 390 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
390 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
530 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.

985 
WWUS73 KSGF 071542
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
942 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AGAIN TODAY...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL RESULT
IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AGAIN TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM LATE
THIS MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>095-101>103-072200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0006.120307T1542Z-120307T2200Z/
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-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
942 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND NORTH OF A KIMBERLING CITY TO
  SEYMOUR TO SALEM LINE THROUGH 4 PM.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 10
  AM AND 2 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS... 
  INCLUDING STRETCHES OF INTERSTATE 44.
 
  BOATING ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON 
  LAKES SUCH AS STOCKON WHICH HAVE LONG STRETCHES OF WATER WHICH 
  ARE ORIENTATED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. 
  
  IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN 
  FURNITURE WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THE WIND.

  THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE RAPID SPREAD 
  OF ANY WILDFIRES.

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.

&&

$$

SCHAUMANN
2 follow-up statements
873 
WWUS73 KSGF 072048
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
248 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AGAIN TODAY...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL
RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AGAIN TODAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>095-101>103-072200-
/O.CON.KSGF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/
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-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
248 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
KANSAS   AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND NORTH OF A KIMBERLING
CITY TO   SEYMOUR TO SALEM LINE THROUGH 4 PM.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS...  
  INCLUDING STRETCHES OF INTERSTATE 44.

  BOATING ON AREA LAKES WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON  
  LAKES SUCH AS STOCKTON WHICH HAVE LONG STRETCHES OF WATER WHICH  
  ARE ORIENTATED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

  IN ADDITION...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN  
  FURNITURE WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THE WIND.

  THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE RAPID SPREAD
  OF ANY WILDFIRES.

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.

&&

$$

SCHAUMANN
529 
WWUS73 KSGF 072156
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
356 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>095-101>103-072300-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120307T2200Z/
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-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
356 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING...THUS THE ADVISORY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

SCHAUMANN

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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.