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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

May 12, 2016Shannon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2016, 12:13 AM CDT for Shannon County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2016, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

County Shannon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1205 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2016-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 12, 12:00 AM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 12:00 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 11:41 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1141 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-130445-
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-
1141 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED HAIL RISK.
  LIMITED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RISK.
  LIMITED FLOODING RISK.
  SIGNIFICANT LIGHTNING RISK.

DISCUSSION...

 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
 OVERNIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44
 CORRIDOR.

 THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR A FEW STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE
 STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND
 WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF
 INTERSTATE 44 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE RISK FOR SEVERE
 STORMS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS

 ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
 FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
 ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI GENERALLY EAST OF A
 GAINESVILLE TO SALEM LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

 A FEW LEFTOVER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE
 MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

  ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL THEN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED
  THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING,
  ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. AT THIS TIME, ANY RISK FOR
  SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH AND EAST OF CENTRAL
  MISSOURI.

  CONFIDENCE IS THEN INCREASING THAT MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS
  AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE THIS
  WEEKEND INTO AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. IF THIS SCENARIO
  MATERIALIZES, THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE ISOLATED
 NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER. PLEASE MONITOR.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 9:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
921 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     HAIL             10 S ST. JAMES          37.85N 91.59W
05/11/2016  E1.00 INCH       PHELPS             MO   PUBLIC

            NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL VIA PUBLIC

&&

BURCHFIELD
Special weather statement, May 11, 9:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
948 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

MOZ083-120330-
DENT MO-
948 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DENT COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 947 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
SALEM...                          STONE HILL...
HOWES MILL...                     ANUTT...
SLIGO...                          DARIEN...
BOSS...                           HOWES...
TURTLE...                         LECOMA...
LENOX...                          BANGERT...
LAKE SPRING...

LAT...LON 3759 9131 3751 9131 3751 9176 3760 9176
      3760 9180 3779 9181 3779 9131 3770 9130
      3769 9115 3759 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 260DEG 47KT 3764 9163

GRIFFIN
Special weather statement, May 11, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1035 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

MOZ082-098-120415-
SHANNON MO-TEXAS MO-
1035 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SHANNON AND
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

AT 1035 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTH OF RAYMONDVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUSTON...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
SUMMERSVILLE...                   RAYMONDVILLE...
YUKON...                          HARTSHORN...
SOLO...                           EUNICE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3711 9188 3728 9199 3742 9164 3725 9148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 261DEG 21KT 3723 9186

BURCHFIELD
Special weather statement, May 11, 10:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1046 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

MOZ083-120430-
DENT MO-
1046 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DENT COUNTY UNTIL
1130 PM CDT...

AT 1046 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES EAST OF SALEM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
STONE HILL...                     HOWES MILL...
SLIGO...                          BOSS...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3759 9116 3759 9132 3761 9143 3779 9147
      3779 9131 3771 9131 3770 9130 3769 9115
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 260DEG 20KT 3767 9136

BURCHFIELD
Special weather statement, May 11, 11:36 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

MOZ096-105-120515-
OZARK MO-DOUGLAS MO-
1136 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND
NORTHEASTERN OZARK COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT...

AT 1136 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17
MILES NORTHEAST OF GAINESVILLE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLOW
SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...
DORA...                           GENTRYVILLE...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3675 9239 3690 9239 3692 9209 3674 9212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 246DEG 26KT 3683 9228

BURCHFIELD
Special weather statement, May 12, 12:13 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent21 min
May 11, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent14 min
May 11, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent42 min
May 11, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas40 min
May 11, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDent44 min
May 11, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFShannon, Texas49 min
May 11, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFDouglas39 min
May 11, 11:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFDouglas, Howell40 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Missouri, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.