Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 3:47 PM CDT for Bates County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bates County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 062046 FFWMCI MOC013-070045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 347 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY AT 345 PM RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN BATES COUNTY. TWO INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATH)S OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 6, 9:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-061545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 950 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI... AT 930 AM...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BUTLER MISSOURI ON 71 HIGHWAY...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTHWEST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM THIS MORNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...INCLUDING MIAMI AND LINN COUNTIES. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EVERSOLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-061545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 950 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EASTERN KANSAS AND CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO WESTERN MISSOURI... AT 930 AM...A 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BUTLER MISSOURI ON 71 HIGHWAY...TO JUST SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST KANSAS NORTHWEST MISSOURI...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM THIS MORNING FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS...INCLUDING MIAMI AND LINN COUNTIES. REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EVERSOLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-061745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1145 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1130 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA MISSOURI TO JUST EAST OF CHANUTE KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...AND WATCH FOR HIGH WATER ON ROADS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN STREAMS AND RIVERS. EVERSOLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-061745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1145 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 1130 AM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN A 15 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF SEDALIA MISSOURI TO JUST EAST OF CHANUTE KANSAS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHCENTRAL IOWA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...AND WATCH FOR HIGH WATER ON ROADS AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN STREAMS AND RIVERS. EVERSOLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-061845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1240 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1230 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN BEING LOCATED AT JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEVADA MISSOURI... NEAR STOCKTON...AND ALSO NEAR OLATHE KANSAS AT ALONG INTERSTATE 35 AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS...NEAR IOLA. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WARY OF HIGH WATER...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD AVOID CREEKS AND WATERWAYS SINCE WATERS COULD RISE QUICKLY AND FLOOD DUE TO THE RAINSOAKED GROUND. EVERSOLE
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 12:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-061845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1240 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1230 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN BEING LOCATED AT JUST SOUTHEAST OF NEVADA MISSOURI... NEAR STOCKTON...AND ALSO NEAR OLATHE KANSAS AT ALONG INTERSTATE 35 AND JUST NORTHWEST OF CHANUTE KANSAS...NEAR IOLA. IN ADDITION...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE WARY OF HIGH WATER...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. PEDESTRIANS SHOULD AVOID CREEKS AND WATERWAYS SINCE WATERS COULD RISE QUICKLY AND FLOOD DUE TO THE RAINSOAKED GROUND^. EVERSOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Henry | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Henry | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan, Pettis | 115 min |
| Jul 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Moniteau | 115 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.