Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1993, 3:00 AM CDT for Bates County, Missouri; Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1993, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1993, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Linn County, KS, Bates County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 220803 FFWMCI KSC107-MOC013-221100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 300 AM CDT THU JUL 22 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LINN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY ...AT 300 AM...VERY HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IN LINN COUNTY KANSAS...WITH FLOODING ALSO EXPECTED IN BATES COUNTY MISSOURI. HIGHWAY 52 FROM BLUE MOUND TO MOUND CITY WAS REPORTED AS HAVING HIGH WATER OVER THE ROAD IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS...WITH CLOSURE EXPECTED. ALSO...HIGHWAY 152 TO THE WEST OF LA CYGNE HAD HIGH WATER ON THE ROAD. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO TO THREE HOURS...AND THIS WILL LIKELY WORSEN THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS NEAR RIVERS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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, Jul 21, 9:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
940 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST
MISSOURI...
AT 930 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN
EAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ST JOSEPH MISSOURI...TO TOPEKA KANSAS SOUTH TO EMPORIA. THE LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY BY 945PM AND EAST INTO
KANSAS CITY BY 10PM. HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WARRENSBURG MISSOURI SOUTH TO
CLINTON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KETCHAM
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MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 940 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 930 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN EAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI...TO TOPEKA KANSAS SOUTH TO EMPORIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY BY 945PM AND EAST INTO KANSAS CITY BY 10PM. HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM WARRENSBURG MISSOURI SOUTH TO CLINTHON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:00 PM CDT, 5 hours before
MOZ004-008-KSZ016-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 10 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ST JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY HAS EXPIRED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...THIS INCLUDES BOTH KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... AT 10 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS EAST KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. REMEMBER...DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. HANNER
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:00 PM CDT, 5 hours before
MOZ004-008-KSZ016-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 10 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ST JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY HAS EXPIRED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...THIS INCLUDES BOTH KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... AT 10 PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS EAST KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS... UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. REMEMBER...DO NOT WALK OR DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. HANNER
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1030 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...THIS INCLUDES BOTH KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... AT 1030PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS EAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY KANSAS TO EMPORIA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN THE PAST HALF HOUR. HEAVY RAINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS CITY SO FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER. AND REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE ROADWAY. KETCHAM
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
MOZ004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-220330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1030 PM CDT WED JUL 21 1993 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TONIGHT...THIS INCLUDES BOTH KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH... AT 1030PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS EAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY KANSAS TO EMPORIA. UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN THE PAST HALF HOUR. HEAVY RAINS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS CITY SO FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR RISING WATER. AND REM(EMBER DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER THAT COVERS THE ROADWAY. KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 10:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gentry | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miami | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1993Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.