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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Springfield, MO

February 18, 201317 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2013, 3:39 PM CST for 17 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2013, 3:39 PM CST (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2013, 6:19 PM CST
In force
3 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 21:40 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 12:00Z, 9.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2013-02-18Temperature 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 2013-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1166 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
402 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.

486 
WWUS73 KSGF 182139
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
339 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...

.STRONG PRESSURE RISES ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCOMING COLD FRONT
ALONG AND MIXING ASSOCIATED WITH CLEARING SKIES BEHIND AN EXITING
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH
AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS
EVENING.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104-
190100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0002.130218T2139Z-130219T0100Z/
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
339 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO
  AROUND 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT CLEAR BEHIND AN EXITING
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO
  POSSIBLE. WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST
  AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND
  PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS ALONG AND WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
  CORRIDOR.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH AND A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND
  45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO
  NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT ON NORTH TO SOUTH
  ORIENTED ROADWAYS.

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.

&&

$$

GAGAN
1 follow-up statement
051 
WWUS73 KSGF 190019
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
619 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066>068-077>079-088>090-093>095-101>104-
190130-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-130219T0100Z/
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
619 PM CST MON FEB 18 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN THIS EVENING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

LINDENBERG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 1:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry45 min
Feb 18, 1:39 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBarry, Stone51 min
Feb 18, 1:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFBarry37 min
Feb 18, 2:23 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian, Stone37 min
Feb 18, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFChristian, Stone, Taney34 min
Feb 18, 2:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney24 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.