Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1992, 2:59 AM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Platte County, Missouri; Johnson County, Leavenworth County, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 1992, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 1992, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 2513 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1263 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 260803 FFWMCI KSC091-103-209-MOC095-165-047-261200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 259 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY...LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...JACKSON COUNTY...PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CLAY COUNTY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA AT 3AM. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED IN MOST AREAS AND ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ISSUIED FOR MOST OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. MANY STREAM AND RIVERS ARE AT BANK FULL OR NEAR BANKFULL. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG RIVERS SHOULSTAY ALERT FOR RADIPLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGH GHROUND SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-KSZ-016-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 905 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH MISSOURI... AT 900 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI...FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS ...ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IN THE GREATER ST JOSEPH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSOURI THE REST OF TONIGHT. REMEMBER...DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH PARTS OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA BY 10 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...FROM RICHMOND TO BROOKFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST JOSEPH UNTIL 11 PM AND FOR KANSAS CITY UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. HANNER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 9:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-KSZ-016-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 930 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH MISSOURI... AT 925 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI...FROM JUST NORTH OF ST JOSEPH TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... AND LOW LYING AREAS IN THE GREATER ST JOSEPH AREA. SINCE 7PM ST JOSEPH HAS RECIEVED .72 INCHES OF RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH TONIGHT. REMEMBER...DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH PARTS OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA BY 10 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...FROM JUST EAST OF RICHMOND TO BROOKFIELD. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH TILL 11 PM AND FOR KANSAS CITY UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FROM OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 10:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-KSZ-016-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1030 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 1025 PM VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI...FROM ST JOSEPH TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS IN THE ST JOSEPH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH TONIGHT. REMEMBER...DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. WATER WILL RISE QUICKLY SO BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS APROACH. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...FROM JUST NORTH OF KANSAS CITY EAST TO MARSHALL ALONG INTERSTATE 70. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KANSAS CITY UNTIL 3 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-KSZ-016-260530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1130 PM CDT SAT JUL 25 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH MISSOURI... AT 1125 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING OVER NORTH MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM ST JOSEPH SOUTHWEST TO NEAR LEAVENWORTH KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS SMALL STREAM...SOME ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH MISSOURI...INCLUDING ST JOSEPH...THE REST OF TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...MAINLY NORTH OF I 70. THESE STORMS WERE DECREASING IN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVED EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAbTCH 682 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. HANNER
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 12:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-KSZ-016-260600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1230 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONITE FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLATTE COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL 3AM... AT 1230 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER A 35 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR MARSHALL MISSOURI THROUGH KANSAS CITY TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF AN 1NCH OF RAIN AN HOUR HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING AS THESE STORMS PASS. SMALL STREAMS AND BRANCHES WILL RISE RAPIDLY...AND PONDING WILL OCCURR ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER...AN D TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RISING WATER IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. . .
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:44 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-KSZ-016-260800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 230 AM CDT SUN JUL 26 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONITE FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTI 10 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PLATTE COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL 3AM... AT 230 AM...MORE RAIN WAS ON THE WAY...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO NEAR TOPEKA. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER AN AREA FROM DREXEL MISSOURI TO SOUTH OF HARRISONVILLE TO WARRENSBURG. SMALL STREAMS AND BRANCHES WILL RISE RAPIDLY...AND PONDING WILL OCCURR ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATERl...AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RISING WATER IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. . OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF EAST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST 30 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 39 min |
| Jul 25, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Linn | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 12:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1992Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.