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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Springfield, MO

February 4, 20219 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2021, 2:30 AM CST for 9 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 4, 2021, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2021, 2:30 AM CST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 4, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 4, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2021-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2085 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

248 
WWUS73 KSGF 040830
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Springfield MO
230 AM CST Thu Feb 4 2021

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>079-088>090-093-094-042030-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.210204T1500Z-210204T2100Z/
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Vernon-Barton-Cedar-Polk-Jasper-Dade-
Greene-Newton-Lawrence-
Including the cities of Fort Scott, Pawnee Station, Chicopee, 
Lone Oak, Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Lowell, Riverton, Columbus, 
Neutral, Sherwin, Stippville, Nevada, Kenoma, Lamar, 
Cedar Springs, El Dorado Springs, Filley, Arnica, 
Caplinger Mills, Stockton, Bolivar, Joplin, Carthage, Greenfield,
Lockwood, Meinert, Springfield, Neosho, Aurora, Mount Vernon, 
and Marionville
230 AM CST Thu Feb 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Kansas and southwest and west 
  central Missouri.

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 3 PM CST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Elevated locations along the Ozark Plateau
  and flat areas within the Osage Plains are expected to
  experience the highest wind gusts today.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

Cramer
1 follow-up statement
797 
WWUS73 KSGF 042046
NPWSGF

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Springfield MO
246 PM CST Thu Feb 4 2021

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077>079-088>090-093-094-042200-
/O.EXP.KSGF.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210204T2100Z/
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Vernon-Barton-Cedar-Polk-Jasper-Dade-
Greene-Newton-Lawrence-
Including the cities of Fort Scott, Pawnee Station, Chicopee, 
Lone Oak, Pittsburg, Baxter Springs, Lowell, Riverton, Columbus, 
Neutral, Sherwin, Stippville, Nevada, Kenoma, Lamar, 
Cedar Springs, El Dorado Springs, Filley, Arnica, 
Caplinger Mills, Stockton, Bolivar, Joplin, Carthage, Greenfield,
Lockwood, Meinert, Springfield, Neosho, Aurora, Mount Vernon, 
and Marionville
246 PM CST Thu Feb 4 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

A few gust from 20 to 25mph may occur before winds diminish this 
late this afternoon and into this evening across the region. 

$$

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.