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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Springfield, MO

April 11, 2018Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2018-04-11Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2018-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 3:26 AM CDTRed Flag WarningSGFBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford16 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.