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Special Weather Statement, NWS Springfield, MO
NWS Springfield, MO issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 4:21 AM CDT for Cherokee County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 16, 2021, 4:21 AM CDT (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Springfield, MO
County Cherokee County, KS
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
113 WWUS83 KSGF 160921 SPSSGF Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Springfield MO 421 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021 KSZ101-161000- Cherokee KS- 421 AM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM CDT... At 420 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Treece, or 7 miles east of Chetopa, moving east at 25 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Baxter Springs... Galena... Lowell... Treece... Neutral... Melrose... Riverton... Crestline... Lawton... This includes Interstate 44 near mile marker 0. 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. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 3723 9462 3700 9462 3700 9504 3708 9507 TIME...MOT...LOC 0920Z 254DEG 22KT 3702 9496 $$ Wise
The office that day
Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 8:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| Jul 15, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 11:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | St. Clair | 9 days |
| Jul 15, 11:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 5 days |
| Jul 16, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster | 97 min |
| Jul 16, 1:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Vernon | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 1:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Cedar | 8 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 15 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SGF | Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Dallas, Laclede, Polk, Webster | 8 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | SGF | Barton, Vernon | 14 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bates, Vernon | 39 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Hickory, Polk and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Barton, Jasper | 8 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | McDonald | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 11:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 37 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SGF | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 2:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | SGF | Cherokee, Crawford | 37 min |
| Jul 16, 3:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SGF | Bourbon | 47 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.