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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Apr 27, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT for Howell County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 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 27, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Howell County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 606 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 27, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 344 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Thursday) Issued at 256 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2016 Will be monitoring the potential for isolated storm development into early this evening across central Missouri and the eastern Ozarks a cold front pushes east across the region. A few storms could brush by central Missouri in closer proximity to the upper low. Expect coverage of any convective development to be rather sparse with only a limited risk for severe. Surface high pressure will build into the region Thursday for a tranquil spring weather day. .LONG TERM...(Thursday Night through Wednesday) Issued at 256 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2016 The active weather will return Friday into the weekend as the next upper low comes out of the southern Rockies. Expect increasing warm air and moisture advection to support an increasing chance for showers and thunderstorms Friday into Friday night. Expect this activity to be elevated in nature. With limited instability expect storms Friday to remain below severe limits. The activity will continue into Saturday as the upper level trough moves into the Plains. Will have to monitor how far north the warm sector progresses for the potential of more surface based storms. The showers will diminish Sunday as this system moves into the Ohio River Valley. Looks like we will get another break in the weather on Monday before more active weather returns again. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) Issued at 1247 PM CDT Wed Apr 27 2016 Pilots can expect variable ceilings this afternoon as a cold front pushes eastward across the region. Ceilings will fall into MVFR category at times. A few storms may develop mainly to the east of the terminal sites. Clearing is expected tonight into Thursday with a wind shift to the west. && .SGF Watches/Warnings/Advisories... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Foster LONG TERM...Foster AVIATION...Foster
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 12:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1242 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-281745- BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON- ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS- LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- TANEY-OZARK-OREGON- 1242 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED... LIMITED HAIL RISK. LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK. LIMITED LIGHTNING RISK. DISCUSSION... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS...OR GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 65. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY APPROACH STRONG TO SEVERE LEVELS IF ENOUGH INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP. THE PRIMARY RISK IF SEVERE STORMS MATERIALIZE WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF/SITREP(ALL LOWERCASE) THIS PRODUCT IN GRAPHICAL FORMAT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SGF(ALL LOWERCASE) FOSTER
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Texas | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, Newton | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Barton, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Cedar, St. Clair, Vernon | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton, Hickory | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barry, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene, Lawrence and 3 more | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Stone, Taney | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 2:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Greene, Ozark, Taney, Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 2:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SGF | Christian, Douglas, Taney | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Ozark, Taney | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Apr 27, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Howell | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Douglas, Howell, Ozark | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Phelps | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Dent, Phelps | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 52 min |
| Apr 26, 11:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 5 hr |
| Apr 26, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 48 min |
| Apr 26, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Crawford | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 39 hr |
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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.