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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

March 21, 2017Cedar County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2017, 6:16 AM CDT for Cedar County, Missouri. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2017, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2017, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

County Cedar County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Mar 21, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 4:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
417 AM CDT Tue Mar 21 2017

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-220930-
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-
417 AM CDT Tue Mar 21 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited Hail risk.
  Limited Lightning risk.
  Limited Non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

Isolated storms will affect portions of southeastern Kansas into
southern Missouri this morning, with scattered storms expected
this afternoon into this evening across central Missouri and
southern Missouri. A few strong storms will be possible with hail
to the size of pennies the main risk.

Gusty northerly winds will occur later this afternoon into tonight
across far southwestern Missouri and portions of southeastern
Kansas where gusts over 30 mph will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Brisk and gusty southerly winds will likely return to western
Missouri and southeastern Kansas late this work week. Wind gusts
over 30 mph appear increasingly likely for Friday.

A strong storm system will approach and track through the region
Friday into Saturday bringing better widespread chances for storms
to the region. There will be severe storm potential Friday
afternoon into the overnight hours.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 21, 6:16 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
616 AM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

MOZ078-211145-
Cedar MO-
616 AM CDT TUE MAR 21 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CEDAR COUNTY UNTIL 645
AM CDT...

At 616 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Stockton, moving east at 35 mph.

Dime size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Stockton State Park...            Stockton Lake...
Stockton...                       Umber View Heights...
Bearcreek...                      Masters...
Filley...                         Wagoner...
Arnica...

LAT...LON 3780 9406 3777 9363 3774 9363 3774 9361
      3757 9362 3764 9398
TIME...MOT...LOC 1116Z 281DEG 29KT 3767 9388

Schaumann

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 6:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Polk	27 min
Mar 21, 6:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Polk	47 min
Mar 21, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Greene	31 min
Mar 21, 8:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Newton	53 min
Mar 21, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	49 min
Mar 21, 9:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry	63 min
Mar 21, 9:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Lawrence	60 min
Mar 21, 9:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Barry, Stone	55 min
Mar 21, 10:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Stone	30 min
Mar 21, 10:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Christian, Taney	20 min
Mar 21, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Miller, Morgan	56 min
Mar 21, 11:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Dallas, Polk	67 min
Mar 21, 2:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Texas	67 min

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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.