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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO

May 5, 1993Osage County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT for Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1993, 10:35 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Osage County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 1993-05-06Temperature 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 1993-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 060201
FFWCOU
MOC151-060400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
900 PM CDT WED MAY 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...NORTHERN OSAGE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 HOURS IN AN AREA 20 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY...
NEAR THE TOWN OF CHAMOIS. MINOR FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG
HIGHWAY 50 NEAR THE TOWN OF LINN.
 
 
BE EXTRA CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN FLOOD WATERS ARE HARD TO SEE. IF
YOU SEE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND RIGHT AWAY. NEVER TRY
TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS OR BRIDGES IN YOUR CAR.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS TAKING PLACE OR ABOUT
TO TAKE PLACE. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT FROM STREAMS...RIVERS AND
CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME KILLERS DURING HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU KNOW OF
ANY NEIGHBORS THAT MAY HAVE A HARD TIME ESCAPING FLOOD WATERS...HELP
THEM OR LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THEM.
 
 
STANLEY

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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.