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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

April 8, 2015Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 8, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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: Apr 8, 2015, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2027 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Apr 8, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 9:41 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
941 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

MOZ055-056-068-069-081530-
BENTON MO-CAMDEN MO-HICKORY MO-MORGAN MO-
941 AM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HICKORY...
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...SOUTHEASTERN BENTON AND SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT...

AT 939 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FRISTOE TO 6 MILES WEST OF PRESTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY
SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
BENTON...NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN...NORTHEASTERN HICKORY AND SOUTHWESTERN
MORGAN COUNTIES.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE LAKE OF
THE OZARKS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3840 9296 3801 9287 3792 9326 3827 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1441Z 248DEG 28KT 3818 9335 3795 9330

FOSTER

Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
956 AM CDT WED APR 08 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0749 AM     HAIL             6 SSE NEVADA            37.76N 94.31W
04/08/2015  M1.75 INCH       VERNON             MO   PUBLIC

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN MILO VIA
            FACEBOOK

&&

RABERDING

Special weather statement, Apr 8, 3:07 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
307 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-082100-
BOURBON KS-CHEROKEE KS-CRAWFORD KS-VERNON MO-
307 PM CDT WED APR 8 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD AND
EXTREME WESTERN VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 34 MILES WEST OF
WALNUT TO 27 MILES WEST OF SHERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE ARCADIA...ARMA...BAXTER SPRINGS...
BEULAH...BRAZILTON...BRONSON...CARONA...CHEROKEE...CHICOPEE...
COLUMBUS...CRESTLINE...CROWEBURG...DEVON...ENGLEVALE...FARLINGTON...
FAULKNER...FORT SCOTT...FRANKLIN...FRONTENAC...FULTON...GALENA...
GARLAND...GIRARD...GREENBUSH...HALLOWELL...HAMMOND...HARDING...
HEPLER...HIATTVILLE...LAWTON...LONE OAK...LOWELL...MAPLETON...
MARMATON...MCCUNE...MELROSE...MULBERRY...NEUTRAL...OPOLIS...PAWNEE
STATION...PETERSBURG...PITTSBURG...POLK...PORTERVILLE...REDFIELD...
RINGO...RIVERTON...ROSELAND...SCAMMON...SHERMAN...SHERWIN...
SKIDMORE...STIPPVILLE...TREECE...UNIONTOWN...WALNUT...WEIR...WEST
MINERAL...XENIA AND YALE.

PEOPLE IN BOURBON...CHEROKEE...CRAWFORD AND WESTERN VERNON
COUNTIES...INCLUDING TREECE...MCCUNE...WALNUT...WEST MINERAL...
COLUMBUS...BAXTER SPRINGS...SCAMMON...CARONA...BRONSON...GALENA...
HEPLER...WEIR...CHEROKEE...UNIONTOWN...GIRARD...REDFIELD...
PITTSBURG...FRONTENAC...ARMA...ENGLEVALE...FORT SCOTT...MULBERRY...
ARCADIA AND FULTON...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.

THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3804 9509 3805 9459 3700 9462 3700 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 239DEG 61KT 3762 9565 3723 9548

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	St. Clair	24 min
Apr 8, 6:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	60 min
Apr 8, 6:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	53 min
Apr 8, 7:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	44 min
Apr 8, 8:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, St. Clair	50 min
Apr 8, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Hickory, St. Clair	51 min
Apr 8, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	4 days
Apr 8, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Vernon	3 days
Apr 8, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	49 min
Apr 8, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Benton, Camden, Morgan	44 min
Apr 8, 11:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller	36 min
Apr 8, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Vernon	22 min
Apr 8, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Benton	32 min
Apr 8, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Morgan	23 min
Apr 8, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Camden, Miller	24 min
Apr 8, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Miller	24 min
Apr 7, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	49 min
Apr 7, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	48 min
Apr 7, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	35 min
Apr 8, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon	61 min
Apr 8, 5:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	35 min
Apr 8, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Crawford	60 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.