Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT for Camden County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Camden County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 2289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 030003 RRA FFWCOU MOC029-169-030100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 700 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...NORTHERN PULASKI COUNTY AR 655 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST OF ROLLA OR 15 MILES EAST OF CAMDENTON. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT MAKE IT HARD TO SEE VERY FAR. HEAVY RAINS CAN ALSO FLOOD ROADS VERY QUICKLY. DRIVERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN OR PULL OFF THE ROAD UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. TAKE SHELTER INDOORS DURING THE STORM IF POSSIBLE. KENNEDY
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 2, 6:40 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
640 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...
AT 635 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
MOVING INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO
45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WIH THESE STORMS.
ALSO ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN NORTHERN LINN COUNTY KANSAS NEAR
LA CYGNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
THE RAIN WAS MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF THE LAKE OF THE
OZARKS TO NEAR EMPORIA KANSAS. REMEMBER A THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AREA TILL 11 PM AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN MISSOURI.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES
MILES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
ALSO THE HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH HIGH WATER.
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MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-030045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 640 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 635 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WIH THESE STORMS. ALSO ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS IN NORTHERN LINN COUNTY KANSAS NEAR LA CYGNE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE RAIN WAS MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO NEAR EMPORIA KANSAS. REMEMBER A THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AREA TILL 11 PM AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES MIPLES AN HOUR AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS OUTSIDE SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ALSO THE HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH HIGH WATER. KETCHAM
Local storm report, Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO
645 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS FROM AFTERNOON/EVENING FRIDAY JULY 2
TIME-CDT COUNTY/STATE EVENT/LOCATION
423 PM JOHNSON/KS 6-8 INCH BRANCHES DOWN AT DESOTO KS
422 PM JOHNSON/KS 92 MPH WINDS AT IXD/DAMAGE TO HANGERS
425 PM JOHNSON/KS 15 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN IN GARDNER
435 PM JACKSON/MO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN - 151ST.
500-505PM CASS/MO TREES/PWR LINES DOWN NEAR BELTON/GRANDVIEW
EST. 80 MPH WINDS
517 PM CASS/MO TREES DOWN IN PLEASANT HILL
530 PM CASS/MO 70-80 MPH WINDS/TREES DOWN/ROOF OFF BARN
3/4 MI NORTH OF GUNN CITY
525 PM CASS/MO NMRS LARGE TREES DOWN - 4 MI. SOUTH OF
PLEASANT HILL
510 PM JACKSON/MO 15 TREES DOWN- RAINTREE LAKE/S LEES SUMMIT
550-630 JOHNSON/MO TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
619 PM HENRY/MO TREES DOWN IN CLINTON
415 PM JOHNSON/KS 60-70 MPH WINDS AT EDGERTON
BROWNINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Hickory | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miller, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass, Henry, Johnson | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 9:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton | 56 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.