Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 13, 1993, 11:40 AM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas; Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 1993, 11:40 AM CDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, KS, Jackson County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 828 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 388 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 381 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 131640 RRA FFWMCI KSC091-MOC095-132000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1140 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...JACKSON COUNTY AT 1135 AM...RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA SOUTH OF THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI RIVERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS OCCURRED THIS MORNING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS...WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING. AT 1130 AM...THE KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED BRUSH CREEK NEAR BANKFULL AT BENTON BOULEVARD. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. 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. DESTRI
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, Apr 13, 8:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 843 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS ...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM... AT 840 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE IN EAST KANSAS AND OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST KANSAS. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...45 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AROUND 915 AM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA...40 MILES SOUTHSOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR POALA...AND IN MISSOURI 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY OR JUST NORTHWEST OF CLINTON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ALL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 8:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 843 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS ...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM... AT 840 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG...WERE IN EAST KANSAS AND OVER PARTS OF WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST KANSAS. A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...45 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI...TO THE NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AROUND 915 AM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME SMALL HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA...40 MILES SOUTHSOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR POALA...AND IN MISSOURI 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY OR JUST NORTHWEST OF CLINTON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ALL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 9:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 905 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS ...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM... AT 900 AM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EAST KANSAS... EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KANSAS TO TOPEKA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AROUND 9 15 AM...PASSING JUST SOUTH OF MOUND CITY...AND MOVING INTO NORTHERN ANDREW COUNTY...NORTH OF SAVANNAH...BY 945 AM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. THE OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS AROUND TOPEKA AND TO THE SOUTH OF TOPEKA WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1000 AM THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ALL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARN,INGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 9:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-131445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 905 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS ...AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 300 PM... AT 900 AM...A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN EAST KANSAS... EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KANSAS TO TOPEKA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH WILL MOVE INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI...NORTH OF ST JOSEPH... AROUND 9 15 AM...PASSING JUST SOUTH OF MOUND CITY...AND MOVING INTO NORTHERN ANDREW COUNTY...NORTH OF SAVANNAH...BY 945 AM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM. THE OTHER VERY STRONG STORMS AROUND TOPEKA AND TO THE SOUTH OF TOPEKA WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE WESTERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1000 AM THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ALL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND COULD HAVE HAIL. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARN,INGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 9:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-131545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 938 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE METRO AREA... AT 930 AM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND OVER PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH NEAR MARYVILLE MISSOURI...TO LAWRENCE KANSAS ...WITH ANOTHER STORM JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER PARTS OF OVERLAND PARK AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO ALL OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BY 1100 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KANSAS CITY AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLOODING LATER THIS MORNING...AS HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THIS AREA. DESTRI &
Special weather statement, Apr 13, 9:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-131545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 938 AM CDT TUE APR 13 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE METRO AREA... AT 930 AM...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND OVER PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE WITH THE LEADING EDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH NEAR MARYVILLE MISSOURI...TO LAWRENCE KANSAS ...WITH ANOTHER STORM JUST WEST OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER PARTS OF OVERLAND PARK AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO ALL OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BY 1100 AM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI... INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AS SOME OF THE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALSO...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE KANSAS CITY AREA. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLOODING LATER THIS MORNING...AS HEAVY RAIN MOVES INTO THIS AREA. DESTRI &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 57 min |
| Apr 13, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 52 min |
| Apr 13, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Macon, Randolph | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 56 min |
| Apr 13, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 51 min |
| Apr 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Pettis, Saline | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Howard | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 40 min |
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.