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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

August 7, 2019Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2019, 11:29 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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: Aug 7, 2019, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

County Cherokee County, KS

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 Aug 7, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 11:28 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 8:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
615 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019

KSZ097-101-072345-
Cherokee KS-Crawford KS-
615 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CHEROKEE AND
CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Walnut, or near Erie, moving southeast at 30 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Pittsburg...                      Frontenac...
Girard...                         Cherokee...
Weir...                           Sherman...
Scammon...                        Chicopee...
Mccune...                         Walnut...
West Mineral...                   Roseland...
Beulah...                         Greenbush...
Ringo...                          Carona...
Lone Oak...                       Hallowell...
Brazilton...                      Sherwin...

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.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3767 9509 3768 9503 3743 9462 3710 9500
      3722 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 313DEG 25KT 3760 9514

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
710 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019

KSZ097-080045-
Crawford KS-
710 PM CDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

At 710 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
St. Paul, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cherokee...                       Mccune...

LAT...LON 3753 9508 3746 9485 3734 9473 3734 9507
      3738 9507 3739 9509 3748 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 306DEG 18KT 3745 9509

Burchfield

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 7:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 8:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 11:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Newton	43 min
Aug 7, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	McDonald, Newton	40 min
Aug 8, 10:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	McDonald	4 hr
Aug 7, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Crawford	35 min
Aug 8, 6:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford	12 hr
Aug 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	12 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.