Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 4:16 PM CDT for Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 6, 11:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 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 30 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, 12:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 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 33 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, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates | 4 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 |
| Jul 6, 9:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Linn | 48 min |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Linn, Miami | 4 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.