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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Springfield, MO

December 25, 2016Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Dec 25, 2016, 1:50 PM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 5 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Dec 25, 2016, 2:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 25, 2016, 1:50 PM CST (19:50 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 25, 2016, 2:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 25, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2016-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

088 
WWUS73 KSGF 251950
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
150 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-260100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0011.161225T2000Z-161226T0100Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...NEVADA...
KENOMA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...NOEL...
GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...ROCKY COMFORT
150 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  EXTREME WESTERN MISSOURI INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAYBE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE ON
  ELEVATED ROADS. DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST
  ROADWAYS. OUTSIDE OBJECTS LIKE CHRISTMAS DECOR MAY BE BLOWN
  DOWN AND AROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

GRIFFIN
1 follow-up statement
051 
WWUS73 KSGF 260059
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
659 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101-260200-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-161226T0100Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-JASPER-NEWTON-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...NEVADA...
KENOMA...LAMAR...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...ANDERSON...NOEL...
GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...ROCKY COMFORT
659 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WINDS OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW
ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...SOME SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING.

$$

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 5:56 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBourbon, Crawford49 min
Dec 25, 10:01 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisorySGFChristian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Oregon, Ozark and 5 more119 min

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.