Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 1993, 12:42 PM CDT for Andrew County, Buchanan County, Missouri; Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1993, 12:42 PM CDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1993, 3:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 8:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 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, 4 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-051435- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1040 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIkONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA..
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-051640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1040 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.. ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANDREW COUNTY UNTIL 1215... AT 1035 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN EASTERN KANSAS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN 11AM AND NOON AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO OCCURRING FROM KANSAS CITY TO THE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD CREEKS AND ROADWAYS QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-051640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1040 AM CDT MON JUL 5 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.. ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ANDREW COUNTY UNTIL 1215... AT 1035 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY AND EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN EASTERN KANSAS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN 11AM AND NOON AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ALSO OCCURRING FROM KANSAS CITY TO THE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD CREEKS AND ROADWAYS QUICKLY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. BROWNING
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>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, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew | 2 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 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 1:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 58 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.