Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1992, 1:38 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 2199 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 300640 FFWMCI KSC103-MOC021-165-047-300945- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 138 AM CDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...BUCHANAN COUNTY...PLATTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CLAY COUNTY VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 135 PM. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WHICH TOGETHER WITH THE HEAVY RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO CAUSE MANY STREAM AND CREEKS TO OVER FLOW THEIR BANKS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 29, 10:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1011 PM CDT WED JULY 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 100 AM THURSDAY MORNING... AT 1010 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BEAN LAKE...IN EXTREME NORTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY AT 1005 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MILES AN HOUR. . THE STRONGER STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY RAINS FROM THE STORMS MAY FLOOD ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 10:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1035 PM CDT WED JULY 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1025 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 50 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS STORM PRODUCE PEA TO MABLE SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVED ACROSS PLATTE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NEAR THE IOWA BORDER...65 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. HEAVY RAINS FROM THE STORMS MAY FLOOD ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOWING WATER. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 11:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1135 PM CDT WED JULY 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1125 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OVER WESTERN CLAY COUNTY AT 1055 PM. THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI...NORTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE ROADWAY. BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED 1ST PARA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1135 PM CDT WED JULY 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1125 PM...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. A STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED 1 INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OVER WESTERN CLAY COUNTY AT 1055 PM. THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI...NORTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN IOWA. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE ROADWAY. BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 12:59 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 100 AM CDT THU JULY 30 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1 AM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH IN TURN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SOME ROADWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. REMEMEBER...DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STRONGEST STORM IN MISSOURI WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ST JOSEPH. IN KANSAS THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE JUST WEST OF TOPEKA AND 50 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK dSHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:31 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-300730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 130 AM CDT THU JULY 30 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 600 AM THURSDAY MORNING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 125 AM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. STRONGEST STORMS WERE SCATTERED IN A 10 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 50 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY TO 50 MILES SOUTH...SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AND OVER THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS AREAS THAT HAD RECIEVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS POSSIBLE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGH WATER AND NOT CROSS ROADWAY COVERED BY WATER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS PASS. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 58 min |
| Jul 29, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 1:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.