Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 1993, 8:07 PM CDT for Miller County, Pulaski County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1993, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1993, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Miller County, MO, Pulaski County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 030110 FFWCOU MOC029-085-131-169-030415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 807 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CAMDEN COUNTY...HICKORY COUNTY...SOUTHERN MILLER COUNTY ...PULASKI COUNTY AT 800 PM HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS SOUTH SECTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI IN A 20 MILE WIDE BAND FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA NEAR HERMITAGE TO ABOUT ROLLA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE CAMDEN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS PERSONS STRANDED IN MANY LOCATIONS DUE TO RAPIDLY RISING WATERS...AND MUD SLIDES WERE WASHING OUT ROADWAYS IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS THAT WATER WAS RISING ABOVE THE ROADWAY ON HIGHWAY E NEAR FORT LEONARD WOOD IN PULASKI COUNTY...AND TORRENTAIL RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING IN HICKORY COUNTY SINCE ABOUT 600 PM. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO FALL OVER THE SAME AREAS IN AN ALMOST TRAIN LIKE EFFECT...AND RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVY RAIN COULD CONTINUE IN THE WARNED AREAS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 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 WATER\S...HELP THEM OR LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THEM. LA GREE
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, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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
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, 1 hour 22 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
BROWNINGLocal storm report, Jul 2, 7:35 PM CDT, 32 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
BROWNINGSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 7:40 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-030145-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
740 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN
KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM...
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
EASTERN KANSAS...
AT 735 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE
OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER EASTERN KANSAS FROM 30 MILES SOUTH TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF TOPEKA...ACROSS STRONG CITY...EMPORIA AND MELVERN. OTHER STRONG
STORMS WERE OVER WESTCENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM RICH HILL...
70 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION...
110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY.
THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS
AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OR LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO FLOODING RAINS. KEEP
AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE
WEATHER APPOACHES YOUR AREA.
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$6WWUSSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 7:47 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MOZ001-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ016-030145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 740 PM CDT FRI JUL 2 1993 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI UNTIL 11 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS... AT 735 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN KANSAS FROM 30 MILES SOUTH TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA...ACROSS STRONG CITY...EMPORIA AND MELVERN. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE OVER WESTCENTRAL THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM RICH HILL... 70 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...TO THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION... 110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR OR LARGE HAIL IN ADDITION TO FLOODING RAINS. KEEP AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPOACHES YOUR AREA. . HIBBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Pulaski | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Hickory | 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
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.