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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Springfield, MO

November 16, 20136 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2013, 9:45 AM CST for 6 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2013, 9:45 AM CST (15:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2013, 5:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2013-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 535 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
535 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
568 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.

794 
WWUS73 KSGF 161545
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
945 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...STRONG WINDS OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS TODAY...

.SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE COMMON
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF FAR WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI TODAY. THESE SOUTH WINDS WILL IMPACT HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS...PARTICULARLY
HIGHWAY 54. 

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-162300-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.131116T1545Z-131116T2300Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-
DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD
945 AM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  THE REST OF TODAY FOR ARES OVER THE OSAGE PLAINS. 

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE
  FORECASTED.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST
  HIGHWAYS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THESE STRONG WINDS. ALSO...BOATERS
  ON STOCKTON LAKE WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE HIGH WAVE
  HEIGHTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TURNBACK CREEK PORTION OF THE
  MAIN CHANNEL.

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.

&&

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
428 
WWUS73 KSGF 162247
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-089-170000-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-131116T2300Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-
DADE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD
447 PM CST SAT NOV 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

WHILE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT...WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

FOSTER

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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.