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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

March 19, 2020Barton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2020, 3:29 AM CDT for Barton County, Jasper County, Newton County, Missouri; Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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: Mar 19, 2020, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2020, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Cherokee County, KS, Barton County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Newton County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.3

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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 Mar 18, 11:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 11:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 8:59 PM CDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
859 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-200200-
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Benton-Morgan-Miller-Maries-Vernon-
St. Clair-Hickory-Camden-Pulaski-Phelps-Barton-Cedar-Polk-Dallas-
Laclede-Texas-Dent-Jasper-Dade-Greene-Webster-Wright-Newton-
Lawrence-Christian-Douglas-Howell-Shannon-McDonald-Barry-Stone-
Taney-Ozark-Oregon-
859 PM CDT Wed Mar 18 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of the Missouri
Ozarks and extreme southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Limited flooding risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Elevated fog risk.

DISCUSSION...

  Areas of fog are expected to develop tonight across south-
  central Missouri. Visibilities below a half mile are possible
  at times.

 Thunderstorms will become more widespread late tonight. A few
 storms may produce locally damaging wind gusts near and west of
 the I-49 corridor. Locally heavy rainfall will also continue the
 threat for flooding of low water crossings and creeks.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

  Strong to severe thunderstorms are then expected on Thursday.
  All modes of severe weather including damaging wind, large hail
  and a few tornadoes will be possible. While the entire outlook
  area will have at least a limited potential for tornadoes, the
  highest probabilities will exist east of the Highway 65
  corridor during the afternoon and evening.

  Additionally, there will be a continued risk for flooding into
  Thursday.

  Brisk and gusty winds are expected outside of thunderstorms
  from Thursday into Friday with gusts over 30 mph expected.
  Gusts over 40 mph appear increasingly likely Thursday afternoon
  across western Missouri and southeastern Kansas.

  There is a slight chance for more thunderstorms on Tuesday of
  next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at:
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Perez

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:29 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
329 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

KSZ097-101-MOZ077-088-093-190930-
Cherokee KS-Crawford KS-Barton MO-Jasper MO-Newton MO-
329 AM CDT Thu Mar 19 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEROKEE...EASTERN CRAWFORD...
BARTON...NORTHWESTERN NEWTON AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 AM CDT...

At 328 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from West Mineral to near Baxter Springs to near
Fairland. Movement was northeast at 60 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 45 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Joplin...                         Pittsburg...
Carthage...                       Neosho...
Webb City...                      Prairie State Park...
Carl Junction...                  Lamar...
Baxter Springs...                 Frontenac...
Columbus...                       Galena...
Girard...                         Oronogo...
Seneca...                         Granby...
Carterville...                    Duquesne...
Arma...                           Sarcoxie...

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 44 between mile markers 0 and 32.
 Interstate 49 between mile markers 20 and 76.

LAT...LON 3767 9466 3767 9462 3765 9461 3764 9408
      3730 9408 3729 9405 3705 9406 3676 9452
      3677 9462 3700 9462 3700 9507 3725 9508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 221DEG 50KT 3727 9493 3705 9479 3681 9482

Rothstein

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 3:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
Mar 19, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton	50 min
Mar 19, 4:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Lawrence	47 min
Mar 19, 5:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Christian	41 min
Mar 19, 5:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone	12 hr
Mar 19, 5:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Hickory, Polk	43 min
Mar 19, 5:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone	6 hr
Mar 19, 6:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Mar 19, 7:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	61 hr
Mar 19, 7:45 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Phelps	3 days
Mar 19, 8:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Lawrence and 2 more	4 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar	48 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	54 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper	53 hr
Mar 19, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Stone	54 hr
Mar 19, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	6 hr
Mar 19, 10:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Dent, Laclede, Maries, Miller and 4 more	10 hr
Mar 19, 10:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	48 min
Mar 19, 11:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney	6 hr
Mar 19, 11:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Jasper, Newton	50 hr
Mar 19, 11:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone	6 hr
Mar 19, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Taney	43 min
Mar 19, 11:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Benton, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Lawrence and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 19, 11:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Douglas	25 min
Mar 19, 12:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Mar 19, 12:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Ozark	40 min
Mar 19, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Howell	28 min
Mar 19, 1:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	SGF	Shannon	50 min
Mar 19, 1:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Dent, Douglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas	6 hr
Mar 19, 3:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barton, Jasper	18 hr
Mar 19, 4:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Pulaski	22 hr
Mar 19, 4:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Stone, Taney	18 hr
Mar 19, 5:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Stone	18 hr
Mar 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Barry, Christian, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton	17 hr
Mar 19, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Greene, Webster, Wright	17 hr
Mar 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Polk	15 hr
Mar 19, 8:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	SGF	Cherokee	43 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.