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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Springfield, MO

April 5, 20166 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2016, 4:47 PM CDT (21:47 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 5, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2016, 10:59 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Jasper County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2016-04-05Temperature 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 2016-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

116 
WWUS73 KSGF 052147
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
447 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI...

.SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM JOPLIN MISSOURI TO WARSAW MISSOURI WILL EXPERIENCE THE
GREATEST CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING THESE STRONG WINDS.

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066-067-077-078-088-060400-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0008.160405T2200Z-160406T0400Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-
JASPER-
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...NEVADA...TIFFIN...APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...
KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...
ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE
447 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH 11 PM. 

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 

* IMPACTS...VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG WEST TO EAST ROADWAYS WILL
  FEEL THESE WIND GUSTS THIS EVENING...PARTICULARLY HIGHER PROFILE
  VEHICLES. 

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.

&&

$$

CRAMER
1 follow-up statement
008 
WWUS73 KSGF 060359
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1059 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM...

.WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED DECREASE IN SPEED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE NIGHT.  THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055-066-067-077-078-088-060500-
/O.CAN.KSGF.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160406T0400Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-
JASPER-
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...NEVADA...TIFFIN...APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...
KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...
ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE
1059 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2016

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD WILL ALLOW THE WIND
ADVISORY TO EXPIRE.

WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT...THEREFORE THE ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM.

$$

CRAMER

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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.