Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 1986, 4:45 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 1986, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 1986, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1026 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 030945 FFWCOU MOC015-019-041-053-089-135-141-159-175-195-031400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 445 AM CDT FRI OCT 3 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MISSOURI...BENTON...BOONE...CHARITON...COOPER...HOWARD... MONITEAU...MORGAN...PETTIS...RANDOLPH AND SALINE AT 445 AM CDT MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MOST OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. SOME OF THE WARNED AREAS HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT AND STREAMS AND RIVERS IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ARE WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL MISSOURI DURING THE MORNING AS THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE PAINE BRING COPIOUS MOISTURE TO THE AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED LOW WATER BRIDGES OR FLOODED ROADWAYS. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODING CREEKS.. STREAMS AND STORM DRAINS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER ESPECIALLY ON SO CALLED LOW WATER BRIDGES COMMON IN RURAL AREAS OF MISSOURI. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HAGEMEYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 53 min |
| Oct 3, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 65 min |
| Oct 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Miller, Moniteau, Morgan | 60 min |
| Oct 3, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cole | 60 min |
| Oct 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Howard, Randolph | 4 hr |
| Oct 3, 4:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 4 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.