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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2014, 3:35 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 20, 2014, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Bourbon County, KS
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1066 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 Jun 20, 2:55 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:55 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 255 PM CDT Fri Jun 20 2014 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday) Issued at 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 Some isolated showers and thunderstorms have developed with very subtle upper level features, one over southeast OK into western AR and the other over eastern KS. Any precip is greatly diurnally driven and is expected to diminish this evening. Saturday/Sunday look to be near copies of today. Overall, can't rule out some diurnally driven clusters of showers/thunderstorms with a somewhat better chance Sunday versus Saturday with lowering mid level heights. .LONG TERM...(Sunday Night through Friday) Issued at 245 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 Guidance has been consistent in bringing a shortwave and associated front through the region Monday/Monday night. Timing may be slightly slower with 12z guidance but not significantly so. This period looks to be the best overall clearly defined chance for precip during this period. In general, medium range guidance keeps upper level subtropical ridging suppressed to the south through midweek but there is no clear consensus as to where low level baroclinic zones/fronts and individual shortwaves will set up. By late in the week, larger scale differences in guidance emerge. In general, a blend of guidance yields typical small convective rain chances, but nothing you can really hang your hat on in terms of timing. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday Afternoon) Issued at 1211 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014 VFR conditions are expected across the entire area during the forecast period. Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible along the Missouri-Arkansas border but confidence is not high enough to include in the KBBG TAF at this time. Expect primarily southwest winds during the day backing to more southerly direction during the overnight hours. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DSA LONG TERM...DSA AVIATION...Gaede
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:23 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
KSZ073-202100-
BOURBON KS-
335 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 400
PM CDT...
AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DEVON...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT
SCOTT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DEVON...FORT SCOTT...FULTON...HAMMOND...
HARDING...HIATTVILLE...MAPLETON...MARMATON AND REDFIELD.
PEOPLE IN EASTERN BOURBON COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
LAT...LON 3774 9462 3771 9496 3787 9497 3799 9493
3802 9488 3803 9462
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 321DEG 6KT 3794 9477
BOXELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Vernon | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Wright | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Barton | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Texas | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Texas | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 45 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.