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Fire Weather Watch 1, NWS Springfield, MO

March 28, 20218 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this fire weather watch at Mar 28, 2021, 3:33 AM CDT for 8 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2021, 3:33 AM CDT (08:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2021, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

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

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -132 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
88 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Mar 27, 6:05 PM CDT, 9 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:05 PM CDT, 9 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 2:48 PM CDT, 12 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
248 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-282000-
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-
248 PM CDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...Severe Storms Possible Late This Afternoon and Evening...

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited tornado risk.
  Limited hail risk.
  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Elevated lightning risk.
  Limited non thunderstorm wind risk.

DISCUSSION...

 Thunderstorms are expected to develop along and south of an
 approaching cold front late this afternoon and evening. The
 strongest storms could produce hail larger than quarter size and
 wind gusts over 60 mph.

 There will be a limited risk for tornadoes over south central
 Missouri through mid evening, mainly along and east of a line
 from Gainesville to Salem, where more instability is located.

 Storms will shift to the east of the Missouri Ozarks tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

  Southerly wind gusts over 30 mph are expected on Monday across
  western Missouri and southeast Kansas as low pressure develops
  across the central high Plains.

  Thunderstorms will be possible from Tuesday night into
  Wednesday morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

  Spotter activation may be needed later today and this evening
  for locations along and east of a line from Rolla to Branson.

&&

More detailed information can be accessed at:
http://www.weather.gov/sgf/sitrep

This product in graphical format...along with other weather...
hydrological and climate information...at
http://www.weather.gov/sgf

Terry

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon37 min
Mar 28, 2:45 PM CDTWind AdvisorySGFBarton, Cedar, Dade, Jasper, Lawrence, Newton and 2 more30 hr

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.