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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Springfield, MO

April 9, 201529 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT for 29 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2015, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
All 29 counties

Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2015-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 950 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
950 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

187 
WWUS73 KSGF 091815
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
115 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

MOZ055>058-067>071-077>082-088>096-101>105-092200-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0001.150409T1815Z-150409T2200Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-
PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-BARRY-
STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA
115 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...FOR MUCH OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS 
  AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
  45 MPH WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF ADVANCING COLD FRONT. NORTHWESTERLY
  WINDS COULD GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT.

* IMPACTS...THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA
  CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GUSTS TO
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

&&

$$

FOSTER
1 follow-up statement
185 
WWUS73 KSGF 092159
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
459 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

MOZ055>058-067>071-077>082-088>096-101>105-092300-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150409T2200Z/
BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-
PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-
WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-BARRY-
STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...
KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...
THEODOSIA
459 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

WHILE WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT...GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AS A COLD
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO
AROUND 30 MPH UNTIL SUNSET.

$$

FOSTER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 7:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries32 min
Apr 9, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton, St. Clair42 min
Apr 9, 4:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFChristian29 min
Apr 9, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWright61 min
Apr 9, 5:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFMaries50 min
Apr 9, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPulaski36 min
Apr 9, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas51 min
Apr 9, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Phelps, Texas24 min
Apr 9, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFPhelps36 min
Apr 9, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent27 min
Apr 9, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDent, Shannon, Texas38 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.