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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Springfield, MO

October 16, 202234 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this freeze warning at Oct 16, 2022, 1:33 PM CDT for 34 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 16, 2022, 1:33 PM CDT (18:33 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO

All 37 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 16, 12:40 PM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 12:40 PM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 16, 3:47 AM CDT, 9 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 15, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	SGF	Oregon	53 min
Oct 16, 2:54 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more	11 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Missouri, 2022 Freeze Warnings in Kansas, 2022 Every freeze warning in 2022

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.