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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Apr 11, 2018, 3:20 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Apr 11, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2018, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 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 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223 WWUS73 KSGF 110820 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Springfield MO 320 AM CDT Wed Apr 11 2018 KSZ073-097-101-120000- /O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0007.180411T1600Z-180412T0000Z/ Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee- Including the cities of Fort Scott, Pawnee Station, Chicopee, Lone Oak, Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Lowell, Riverton, Columbus, Neutral, Sherwin, and Stippville 320 AM CDT Wed Apr 11 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Springfield has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...Late this morning into early this evening. * WINDS...Sustained southwest winds of 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Driving may be difficult for high profile vehicles. Loose objects may also be blown around. 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. && $$ Schaumann
1 follow-up statement
168 WWUS73 KSGF 112334 NPWSGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Springfield MO 634 PM CDT Wed Apr 11 2018 KSZ073-097-101-120045- /O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-180412T0000Z/ Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee- Including the cities of Fort Scott, Pawnee Station, Chicopee, Lone Oak, Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Lowell, Riverton, Columbus, Neutral, Sherwin, and Stippville 634 PM CDT Wed Apr 11 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... While winds will subside some with sunset gusty winds up to 30 mph will continue tonight across southeastern Kansas and southwestern Missouri. $$ Foster
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:26 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | SGF | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 16 hr |
Nearby
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.