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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Springfield, MO

February 28, 2016Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 29 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2016, 10:04 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 29 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2016, 10:04 AM CST (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO
All 32 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2016-02-28Temperature 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 2016-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 356 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

741 
WWUS73 KSGF 281604
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1004 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...


KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>096-101>104-282100-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0005.160228T1604Z-160228T2100Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...WARSAW...
WHITAKERVILLE...COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...MORA...EDMONSON...
LINCOLN...VERSAILLES...ROCKY MOUNT...STOVER...LAURIE...
AURORA SPRINGS...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VICHY...NEVADA...TIFFIN...
APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...WEAUBLEAU...HERMITAGE...QUINCY...
WHEATLAND...CROSS TIMBERS...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
DECATURVILLE...ROACH...VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...LAQUEY...WAYNESVILLE...NORTHWYE...ROLLA...
KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...
ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...
CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD...WINDYVILLE...OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...
LEBANON...PLATO...ROBY...BENDAVIS...HUGGINS...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...VANZANT...AVA...GOODHOPE...ROME...SQUIRES...DOGWOOD...
ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...
ROCKY COMFORT...MONETT...MADRY...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
CRANE...ELSEY...INDIAN POINT...SILVER DOLLAR CITY...BRANSON...
HOLLISTER...KIRBYVILLE...EDGEWATER BEACH...FORSYTH...
OZARK BEACH...POWERSITE
1004 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL TO BE GUSTY THROUGH THE LATE
  MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
  WEST AND NORTHWEST AND DECREASING AS A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY ON TOP OF
  HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN TRAVEL
  DIFFICULTIES. OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BECOME LOOSE AND DISPLACED.

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.

&&

$$

BURCHFIELD
1 follow-up statement
425 
WWUS73 KSGF 282049
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
249 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>082-088>096-101>104-282200-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160228T2100Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...WARSAW...
WHITAKERVILLE...COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...MORA...EDMONSON...
LINCOLN...VERSAILLES...ROCKY MOUNT...STOVER...LAURIE...
AURORA SPRINGS...ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VICHY...NEVADA...TIFFIN...
APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...WEAUBLEAU...HERMITAGE...QUINCY...
WHEATLAND...CROSS TIMBERS...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...
DECATURVILLE...ROACH...VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...LAQUEY...WAYNESVILLE...NORTHWYE...ROLLA...
KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...
ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...
CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD...WINDYVILLE...OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...
LEBANON...PLATO...ROBY...BENDAVIS...HUGGINS...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...VANZANT...AVA...GOODHOPE...ROME...SQUIRES...DOGWOOD...
ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...
ROCKY COMFORT...MONETT...MADRY...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
CRANE...ELSEY...INDIAN POINT...SILVER DOLLAR CITY...BRANSON...
HOLLISTER...KIRBYVILLE...EDGEWATER BEACH...FORSYTH...
OZARK BEACH...POWERSITE
249 PM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BUT WIND
SPEEDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW LEVELS OBSERVED EARLIER TODAY. WHILE
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

$$

FOSTER

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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.