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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2018, 6:49 PM CDT for Bourbon County, Crawford County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 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
- May 24, 2018, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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NWS Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 24, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, May 24, 5:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Springfield MO 523 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018 KSZ073-242300- Bourbon KS- 523 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BOURBON COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... At 522 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bronson, or 13 miles east of La Harpe, moving north at 10 mph. Another storm was located in southwest Bourbon county and will move north. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bronson... Uniontown... Redfield... Mapleton... Petersburg... Porterville... Xenia... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm 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. && LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9481 3768 9490 3768 9509 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 198DEG 8KT 3790 9505 Burchfield
Special weather statement, May 24, 6:07 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
607 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018
KSZ097-101-242345-
Cherokee KS-Crawford KS-
607 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE AND
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
At 606 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Scammon, or near Columbus, moving north at 15 mph.
Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Pittsburg... Frontenac...
Cherokee... Weir...
Scammon... Chicopee...
West Mineral... Roseland...
Beulah... Carona...
Lone Oak... Skidmore...
Stippville...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3750 9486 3744 9462 3742 9462 3718 9470
3722 9494
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 200DEG 14KT 3724 9480
BurchfieldSpecial weather statement, May 24, 6:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Springfield MO 649 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018 KSZ073-097-250030- Bourbon KS-Crawford KS- 649 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN BOURBON AND NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT... At 648 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles northwest of Arma, or 8 miles northeast of Girard, moving north at 30 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Pittsburg... Fort Scott... Frontenac... Girard... Arma... Marmaton... Mulberry... Franklin... Arcadia... Fulton... Mapleton... Croweburg... Yale... Harding... Ringo... Pawnee Station... Farlington... Hammond... Polk... Devon... LAT...LON 3804 9488 3803 9463 3743 9462 3746 9486 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 190DEG 26KT 3763 9477 Burchfield
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | McDonald | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Bourbon | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Crawford | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 44 min |
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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.