Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 10:12 AM CDT for Andrew County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1993, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Andrew County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 609 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 677 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 18.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 051511 FFWMCI MOC003-051715- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1012 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...ANDREW COUNTY A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR THIS AREA AS EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. HIGHWAY K NEAR AMAZONIA AND P HIGHWAY JUST WEST OF BOLCKOW WAS REPORTED UNDER WATER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH NOON WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE EXISTING FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE T HE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 5, 8:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-051400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 810 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 800 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS...FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH...TO NEAR TOPEKA...TO EMPORIA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OVER PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AND THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ST. JOSEPH BETWEEN 815 AND 1000 AM... AND THEN INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1100 AM. BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF ANDREW...GENTRY...AND SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER... AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO WATER WHICH COVERS THE ROAD. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-051400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 810 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 800 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS...FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH...TO NEAR TOPEKA...TO EMPORIA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OVER PARTS OF EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AND THE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ST. JOSEPH BETWEEN 815 AND 1000 AM... AND THEN INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1100 AM. BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF ANDREW...GENTRY...AND SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER... AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO WATER WHICH COVERS THE ROAD. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-051435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 810 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 835 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM MARYVILLE MISSOURI...ST JOSEPH TO TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FLOODING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST. JOSEPH AREA WITHIN THE HOUR AND THEN INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1100 AM. BESIDES HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM THIS MORNING FOR ALL OF ANDREW...GENTRY...AND SOUTHERN HOLT COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER... AND MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE INTO WATER WHICH COVERS THE ROAD. KETCHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 116 min |
| Jul 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway, Worth | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Buchanan | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Gentry | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 7:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Holt | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Atchison, Holt, Nodaway | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Worth | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 3 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.