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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 16, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this wind advisory at Mar 16, 2016, 3:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2016, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2016, 12:41 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO

Counties Adair County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1252 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 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
1252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

As transmitted.

250 
WWUS73 KEAX 160847
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
347 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

MOZ007-008-016-017-170000-
/O.NEW.KEAX.WI.Y.0005.160316T1500Z-160317T0000Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE
347 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS...LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND AND DRIVING
  CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT ON NORTH SOUTH HIGHWAYS. STRONG WINDS
  WILL ALSO RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON...AND
  OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION
WHEN TRAVELING.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
576 
WWUS73 KEAX 161741
NPWEAX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1241 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016


MOZ007-008-016-017-161845-
/O.CAN.KEAX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160317T0000Z/
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE
1241 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WINDS WILL CCONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

CDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 9:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXBuchanan24 min
Mar 15, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXClinton, DeKalb47 min
Mar 15, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementEAXCaldwell47 min
Mar 16, 3:40 AM CDTRed Flag WarningEAXAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell and 31 more16 hr

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.