Alert archive / Missouri / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 7, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Lawrence County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 1150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
774
WWUS83 KSGF 070821
SPSSGF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
321 AM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015
MOZ094-095-102-103-070900-
CHRISTIAN MO-BARRY MO-STONE MO-LAWRENCE MO-
321 AM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN...
NORTHEASTERN BARRY...NORTHERN STONE AND SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE
COUNTIES UNTIL 400 AM CDT...
AT 321 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MOUNT VERNON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...
MARIONVILLE... CLEVER...
CRANE... BILLINGS...
VERONA... STOTTS CITY...
HURLEY... FREISTATT...
HOBERG... CHESAPEAKE...
PONCE DE LEON... WHEELERVILLE...
ELSEY...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 44 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 38 AND 54.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 3704 9397 3714 9394 3722 9380 3712 9361
3710 9360 3710 9357 3698 9333 3686 9334
3680 9358
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 304DEG 22KT 3709 9383
$$
HATCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade, Jasper, Lawrence | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Dade | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dade | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Taney | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 3:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Christian | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Stone, Taney | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 5:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell, Oregon | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 5:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 39 min |
| Aug 7, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Ozark | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Oregon | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Greene | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 9:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | SGF | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more | 56 hr |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015
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.