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Flash Flood Warning 151, NWS Kansas City, MO

September 14, 1993Cole County, Miller County, Osage County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 1993, 4:42 AM CDT for Cole County, Miller County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 1993, 4:42 AM CDT (09:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1993, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cole County, MO, Miller County, MO, Osage County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 140942
FFWCOU
MOC027-051-131-151-141145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
442 AM CDT TUE SEP 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...CALLAWAY COUNTY...COLE COUNTY...MILLER COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY
 
AT 435 AM MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIIN CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE
WARNED COUNTIES AND IS INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING
HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN MILLER COUNTY WHERE ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS
REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 42 AT BRUMLEY. WATER WAS ALSO ON HIGHWAY 52
BETWEEN SAINT ELIZABETH AND META. IN CALLAWAY COUNTY WATER HAD BEEN
REPORTED OVER HIGHWAY 94 JUST SOUTHWEST OF MOKANE.
 
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN CARS AND TRUCKS. DO NOT DRIVE
ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY MOVING WATER CAN
SWEEP AWAY A CAR. IF YOUR &CAR BECOMES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER...GET
OUT AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
KENNEDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMontgomery33 min
Sep 14, 4:42 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.