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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

July 7, 2014Douglas County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2014, 1:52 AM CDT for Douglas County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 7, 2014, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

County Douglas County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1795 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
14.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 6, 11:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 11:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:52 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
152 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

MOZ096-070715-
DOUGLAS MO-
152 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY UNTIL 215
AM CDT...

AT 145 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DRURY...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN
GROVE...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE DRURY AND GENTRYVILLE.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3680 9217 3681 9245 3694 9248 3697 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 304DEG 12KT 3691 9230

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTaney32 min
Jul 7, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell25 min
Jul 7, 4:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon37 min
Jul 7, 5:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell39 min
Jul 7, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Oregon39 min
Jul 7, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFOregon26 min
Jul 7, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon38 min

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.