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Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 23, 1993Worth County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1993, 2:59 AM CDT for Worth County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1993, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1993, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Worth County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1993-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2002 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1993-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 230802
FFWMCI
MOC079-117-005-061-063-075-081-147-227-231300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
259 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...GRUNDY COUNTY...LIVINGSTON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...ATCHISON COUNTY...DAVIESS COUNTY...DEKALB COUNTY
   ...GENTRY COUNTY...HARRISON COUNTY...NODAWAY COUNTY...WORTH COUNTY
 
AT 250 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES OVER
THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF WORTH AND GENTRY COUNTIES. OTHER ISOLATED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TO 3 INCHES WERE LOCATED ALONG THE GRUNDY LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE
AND ACROSS NORTHERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DON'T MAKE A FATAL
MISTAKE...AVOID RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
 
 
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.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLO,WING STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
 
 
HIBBERT/DESTRI
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison48 min
Jul 22, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAtchison31 min
Jul 22, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXNodaway44 min
Jul 22, 11:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGentry, Worth4 hr
Jul 22, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXNodaway4 hr
Jul 22, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry, Harrison58 min
Jul 23, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess48 min
Jul 23, 12:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison3 hr
Jul 23, 1:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess3 hr
Jul 23, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Harrison, Livingston5 hr
Jul 23, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXDeKalb, Gentry5 hr
Jul 23, 2:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAtchison, Nodaway5 hr
Jul 23, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, DeKalb5 hr
Jul 23, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt5 hr
Jul 23, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt2 hr
Jul 23, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis49 min
Jul 23, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXJohnson33 min
Jul 23, 4:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway2 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.