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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Springfield, MO

February 16, 20224 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas

NWS Springfield, MO issued this winter storm warning at Feb 16, 2022, 1:39 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri; Bourbon County, Kansas. It took effect at Feb 17, 2022, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 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
Feb 16, 2022, 1:39 PM CST (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2022, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2022, 5:48 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Bourbon County, KS, Benton County, MO, Morgan County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 12:00Z on 2022-02-16Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2022-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 569 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
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
569 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
632 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 16, 11:24 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 11:24 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:47 AM CST, 9 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Springfield MO
347 AM CST Wed Feb 16 2022

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-171000-
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-
347 AM CST Wed Feb 16 2022

...Strong Storm System Will Bring Potential for Severe Storms,
Flooding and Wintry Precipitation through Thursday...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Weather hazards expected...

  Limited hail risk.
  Limited thunderstorm wind damage risk.
  Limited lightning risk.
  Limited excessive rainfall risk
  Elevated non thunderstorm wind risk.
  Elevated ice accumulation risk.

DISCUSSION...

Very windy conditions are likely again today with gusts of 35 to
45 mph.

As increasing low level moisture interacts with an approaching
cold front, conditions will become favorable for widespread
rainfall tonight into Thursday, especially along and southeast of
Interstate 44. The widespread rainfall could lead to localized
flooding of low water crossings.

In addition, a few strong to possibly severe thunderstorms will
be possible over southwest and south central Missouri tonight.

Locations along and northwest of a line from Fort Scott to
Versailles may see a transition from rain to a wintry mix late
tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

A change from liquid to wintry precipitation will continue Thursday
morning into afternoon, mainly along and north of Interstate 44.
The highest potential for snow accumulations over two inches in
addition to sleet and freezing rain will be closer to the Highway
54 corridor and points north. Some impacts to travel Thursday
morning are possible north of Interstate 44.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight over southwest and south
central 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

Terry

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 7:00 PM CSTRiver Flood WatchSGFPulaski14 hr
Feb 16, 8:55 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFShannon48 hr
Feb 16, 8:55 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningSGFPulaski11 hr
Feb 16, 1:39 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 23 more28 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2022Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2022Every winter storm 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.