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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO

July 10, 2021Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2021, 8:53 AM CDT for Vernon County, Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 10, 2021, 8:53 AM CDT (13:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2021, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 917 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
703 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 Jul 10, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 10, 5:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
539 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-111045-
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-
539 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited tornado risk.
  Limited hail risk.
  Elevated thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Limited flooding risk.
  Significant lightning risk.
  Limited excessive heat risk.

DISCUSSION...

Scattered thunderstorms will continue this morning across central
Missouri, or locations along and north of Highway 54. Severe
weather is not expected with this activity however lightning,
gusty winds and brief heavy rainfall are possible.

More intense thunderstorms may develop as early as mid afternoon
across southeast Kansas into western Missouri. These storms would
then continue to move southeast through southern Missouri this
evening. Damaging winds of 60-70 mph and large hail up to the size
of golf balls are likely in the most intense storms. The threat
for tornadoes is very low at this time. Frequent cloud to ground
lightning is likely. Locations south of a Pittsburg Kansas to
Springfield to Gainesville line have the highest potential for
severe weather.

Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding will be possible this
evening, especially in the more flood prone areas of the Ozarks.
Widespread flooding is not expected at this time.

Afternoon heat index values in the middle 90s are possible across
far southern Missouri this afternoon.

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

Isolated thunderstorms will be possible on a daily basis through
early next week.

Heat index values will rise back into the upper 90s by the middle
of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed later today across southeast
Kansas and southwest Missouri.

&&

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

Burchfield

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
345 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

MOZ098-106-100915-
Oregon MO-Shannon MO-
345 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SHANNON AND NORTH
CENTRAL OREGON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...

At 345 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Winona, or 18 miles east of Mountain View, moving
east at 25 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts in excess of 40 mph will be possible
with this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central
Shannon and north central Oregon Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3683 9123 3687 9146 3696 9143 3697 9122
TIME...MOT...LOC 0845Z 275DEG 21KT 3691 9139

Rothstein
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:53 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Springfield MO
853 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

KSZ073-MOZ066-101445-
Bourbon KS-Vernon MO-
853 AM CDT Sat Jul 10 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BOURBON AND NORTHERN VERNON
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...

At 852 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Prescott to Moran. Movement was southeast
at 35 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Nevada...                         Fort Scott...
Marmaton...                       Bronson...
Uniontown...                      Walker...
Schell City...                    Fulton...
Redfield...                       Richards...
Mapleton...                       Deerfield...
Metz...                           Harwood...
Stotesbury...                     Harding...
Petersburg...                     Porterville...
Xenia...                          Horton...

This includes Interstate 49 between mile markers 89 and 107.

LAT...LON 3804 9508 3804 9461 3806 9461 3806 9449
      3805 9424 3802 9423 3805 9421 3804 9419
      3806 9415 3805 9412 3786 9409 3776 9462
      3767 9462 3768 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 333DEG 32KT 3811 9474 3793 9515

DSA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell, Texas42 min
Jul 9, 7:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisorySGFDouglas, Howell, Shannon, Texas5 hr
Jul 9, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFHowell3 hr
Jul 9, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell49 min
Jul 9, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell51 min
Jul 9, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFHowell28 min
Jul 10, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFOregon30 min
Jul 10, 11:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFWebster39 min
Jul 10, 12:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSGFWebster, Wright41 min
Jul 10, 12:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFTexas40 min
Jul 10, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFShannon57 min
Jul 10, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFHowell53 min
Jul 10, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory44 min
Jul 10, 3:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningSGFBenton, Camden, Hickory, St. Clair6 hr
Jul 10, 4:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningSGFSt. Clair6 days
Jul 10, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFJasper50 min
Jul 10, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementSGFCherokee60 min

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.