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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Springfield, MO

April 4, 20246 counties in Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this freeze warning at Apr 4, 2024, 3:40 AM CDT for 6 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Apr 5, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 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
Apr 4, 2024, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 5, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 5, 2024, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Springfield, MO

Counties Dent County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pulaski County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2024-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 3:40 AM CDTFrost AdvisorySGFBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 22 more28 hr

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.