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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Springfield, MO

February 18, 2018Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2018, 10:37 AM CST for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2018, 10:37 AM CST (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2018-02-18Temperature 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 2018-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

593 
WWUS73 KSGF 181637
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Springfield MO
1037 AM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077>079-088>090-094-190000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.180218T1637Z-180219T0000Z/
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Vernon-St. Clair-Barton-Cedar-Polk-
Jasper-Dade-Greene-Lawrence-
Including the cities of Fort Scott, Pawnee Station, Chicopee, 
Lone Oak, Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Lowell, Riverton, Columbus, 
Neutral, Sherwin, Stippville, NEVADA, Tiffin, Appleton City, 
Johnson City, Kenoma, Lamar, Cedar Springs, El Dorado Springs, 
Filley, Arnica, Caplinger Mills, Stockton, Bolivar, Joplin, 
Carthage, Greenfield, Lockwood, Meinert, Springfield, Aurora, 
Mount Vernon, and Marionville
1037 AM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect until 6 PM CST this evening. 

* TIMING...Now through 6pm Today

* WINDS...Gusty south winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph 
  will develop across southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri.

* IMPACTS...Winds this strong can make driving difficult, 
  especially for high 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.

&&

$$

Burchfield
1 follow-up statement
533 
WWUS73 KSGF 182354
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Springfield MO
554 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077>079-088>090-094-190100-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180219T0000Z/
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Vernon-St. Clair-Barton-Cedar-Polk-
Jasper-Dade-Greene-Lawrence-
Including the cities of Fort Scott, Pawnee Station, Chicopee, 
Lone Oak, Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Lowell, Riverton, Columbus, 
Neutral, Sherwin, Stippville, NEVADA, Tiffin, Appleton City, 
Johnson City, Kenoma, Lamar, Cedar Springs, El Dorado Springs, 
Filley, Arnica, Caplinger Mills, Stockton, Bolivar, Joplin, 
Carthage, Greenfield, Lockwood, Meinert, Springfield, Aurora, 
Mount Vernon, and Marionville
554 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

Winds have diminished below advisory criteria, however, gusty
winds can still be expected through tonight and Monday. 

$$

DSA

Nearby

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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.