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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Dec 12, 2015, 9:02 PM CST for 15 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 13, 2015, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2015, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 13, 2015, 5:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2015, 10:16 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Stone County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WWUS73 KSGF 130302 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 902 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING... .A STRENGTHENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS SUNDAY MORNING. IN RESPONSE...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW BEGINS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION. MOZ077>081-088>095-102-103-131800- /O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.151213T1100Z-151213T1800Z/ BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER- WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS... EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD... WINDYVILLE...OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE... GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...MEINERT...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... NORTHVIEW...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...DAWSON...GRAFF... MOUNTAIN GROVE...DUNCAN...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...NIXA...CHRISTIAN CENTER...OZARK... SELMORE...MONETT...MADRY...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE... ELSEY...INDIAN POINT...SILVER DOLLAR CITY 902 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEOSHO TO NIXA TO MANSFIELD LINE AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LAMAR TO STOCKTON TO LEBANON LINE FROM 5 AM UNTIL NOON ON SUNDAY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AROUND THE SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA. * IMPACTS...BRISK AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY...UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OBJECTS MAY ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ SCHAUMANN
2 follow-up statements
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
151 WWUS73 KSGF 131616 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1016 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 MOZ077>081-088>095-102-103-131730- /O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-151213T1800Z/ BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER- WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS... EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS... STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD... WINDYVILLE...OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...LEBANON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE... GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...MEINERT...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD... NORTHVIEW...SEYMOUR...ROGERSVILLE...DAWSON...GRAFF... MOUNTAIN GROVE...DUNCAN...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...NIXA...CHRISTIAN CENTER...OZARK... SELMORE...MONETT...MADRY...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...CRANE... ELSEY...INDIAN POINT...SILVER DOLLAR CITY 1016 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WHILE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY OUT AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE REGION...GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIND SPEEDS DECREASING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH AND GUSTS DECREASING TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH. $$ GAGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 1:38 AM CST | River Flood Watch | SGF | McDonald | 58 hr |
| Dec 13, 5:15 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | McDonald, Newton | 12 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 2:05 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Dec 13, 2:05 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Dec 13, 2:05 PM CST | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 5 days |
| Dec 13, 4:32 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 18 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.