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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Oct 14, 2017, 7:55 PM CDT for Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2017, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 14, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Springfield MO 625 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday) Issued at 159 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 Showers and thunderstorms were currently ongoing across northeastern Kansas and northern Missouri in proximity to the cold front. This activity is expected to move south this evening as the cold front makes its way to the southeast and into the Ozark region late this afternoon into this evening. Low level moisture, a strong low level jet, frontal lift and some instability will work to bring the potential for strong to severe storms, however the timing of the frontal passage for the region during the overnight hours may act to limit the severe potential. Still, there is a concern for damaging winds along the front and associated with and down bursts that may occur. Some isolated hail to the size of quarters may also be possible with the strongest storms as the freezing level will be fairly low. Cool fall high pressure will be filtering into the region behind the cold front through the day Sunday. Despite mostly sunny skies afternoon temperatures will struggle to reach the 60 degree mark. .LONG TERM...(Sunday Night through Saturday) Issued at 159 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 With cold high pressure over the region, overnight temperatures will fall into the lower 40s to upper 30s under clear skies. Sprawling high pressure will then linger over the eastern half of the country through the end of the week as upper level flow remains northwesterly. With sunny skies expected through the week a slow warming trend will occur with high by Friday in the middle 70s. The next chance of rain may come late next weekend or into the following week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Sunday evening) Issued at 553 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 Rather complex weather situation during the first 12 hours of the forecast period. Surface front currently extends from northern Missouri into southwestern Kansas. Convection has fired all along the front with several storms becoming severe. Front is now on the move with the convection forecast to begin moving into the area in the next 1-2 hours and begin affecting the terminal sites between 03-06z. Ceilings and visibilities should drop to MVFR with occasional IFR as the surface front makes its way through the area. Winds will remain gusty overnight veering from a southerly to a northwesterly direction with the frontal passage. Conditions should begin to improve after 12z with VFR conditions expected at the terminal sites after 18z. && .SGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MO...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...Hatch LONG TERM...Hatch AVIATION...Gaede
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 5:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Springfield MO 507 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-152215- 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- 507 PM CDT Sat Oct 14 2017 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 500 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Weather hazards expected... Elevated Hail risk. Elevated Thunderstorm wind damage risk. Significant Lightning risk. Limited Non thunderstorm wind risk. DISCUSSION... Thunderstorms will move into southeastern Kansas and western Missouri by early evening then spread across the Missouri Ozarks tonight. There is a limited to elevated risk for severe storms capable of producing damaging winds to 60 mph and large hail to the size of quarters. The greatest risk for severe weather will occur this evening northwest of Interstate 44. Southerly winds will gust to around 30 mph today and tonight across southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri ahead of the approaching cold front. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Thunderstorms will end from the northwest early Sunday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed later this evening into tonight. && More detailed information can be accessed at: http://www.weather.gov/sgf/sitrep This product in graphical format...along with other weather... hydrological and climate information...at http://www.weather.gov/sgf Gaede
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 7:55 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Springfield MO 755 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017 KSZ073-097-MOZ066-077-150145- Bourbon KS-Crawford KS-Vernon MO-Barton MO- 755 PM CDT SAT OCT 14 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN BOURBON...CRAWFORD... NORTHWESTERN BARTON AND SOUTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT... At 755 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Hepler to 6 miles southeast of Walnut. Movement was east at 45 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Pittsburg... Prairie State Park... Nevada... Frontenac... Girard... Arma... Liberal... Mulberry... Mindenmines... Franklin... Arcadia... Bronaugh... Walnut... Hepler... Moundville... Burgess... Beulah... Croweburg... Yale... Farlington... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern Kansas...and west central Missouri. LAT...LON 3770 9509 3783 9436 3744 9448 3738 9509 TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 264DEG 40KT 3770 9488 3752 9501 Hatch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Vernon | 47 min |
| Oct 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | St. Clair, Vernon | 47 min |
| Oct 14, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Benton, Morgan, St. Clair | 53 min |
| Oct 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Benton, Morgan | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Jasper | 35 min |
| Oct 14, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | St. Clair, Vernon | 31 min |
| Oct 15, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 4 days |
| Oct 15, 9:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 34 hr |
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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.