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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Springfield, MO

January 18, 20144 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2014, 11:39 AM CST for 4 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Jan 18, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2014, 11:39 AM CST (17:39 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 18, 2014, 5:57 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 2014-01-18Temperature 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 2014-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 663 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
2097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
663 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
709 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.

329 
WWUS73 KSGF 181739
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1139 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-190000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.140118T1800Z-140119T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
NEOSHO
1139 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND FAR
  SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49
  THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
  45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSS WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT
  PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE
  49...AND HIGHWAYS 54 AND 69.

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.

&&

$$

FOSTER
1 follow-up statement
851 
WWUS73 KSGF 182357
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
557 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM...

.WHILE STILL BREEZY...WIND GUSTS HAVE DECREASED EARLY THIS EVENING
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS. THEREFORE
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6PM.  

LOOK FOR WESTERLY GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...AND
GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-190100-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140119T0000Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
NEOSHO
557 PM CST SAT JAN 18 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WESTERLY WIND GUSTS HAVE SUBSIDED TO VALUES RANGING FROM 20 TO 30
MPH EARLY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 3:11 PM CSTFire Weather WatchSGFBarry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 14 more13 hr

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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.