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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 6, 1993Maries County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 7:43 PM CDT for Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 1993, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 1993, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Maries County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1998 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1993-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
8.5

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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, 4:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-062245-

FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
430 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOST
OF EAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT...

AT 425 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.  MAINLY FROM NEAR WARRENSBURG
TO CLINTON TO GARNETT KANSAS.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS MORNING FLASH FLOOD
WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MIAMI AND LINN COUNTIES OF KANSAS
AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY OF MISSOURI UNTIL 715 PM AND FOR HENRY AND
BATES COUNTIES OF MISSOURI UNTIL 745 PM.  THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED
FLOODING OF MANY ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND STREAMS.

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.  PERSONS LIVING IN
LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.
RAH
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-062245-

FLOOD STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
430 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOST
OF EAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT...

AT 425 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.  MAINLY FROM NEAR WARRENSBURG
TO CLINTON TO GARNETT KANSAS.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS MORNING FLASH FLOOD
WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MIAMI AND LINN COUNTIES OF KANSAS
AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY OF MISSOURI UNTIL 715 PM AND FOR HENRY AND
BATES COUNTIES OF MISSOURI UNTIL 745 PM.  THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED
FLOODING OF MANY ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND STREAMS.

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.  PERSONS LIVING IN
LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.
RAH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway, Gasconade, Osage2 hr
Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone2 hr
Jul 6, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCole, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan119 min
Jul 6, 8:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBenton, Pettis119 min
Jul 6, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGasconade, Maries, Osage2 hr
Jul 6, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway2 hr
Jul 6, 9:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCole, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan2 hr
Jul 6, 9:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBenton, Pettis2 hr
Jul 6, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGasconade, Maries, Osage116 min
Jul 6, 11:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway116 min
Jul 6, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson10 hr
Jul 6, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone2 hr
Jul 7, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCole, Miller, Moniteau115 min
Jul 7, 12:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPettis115 min
Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGasconade, Maries, Miller, Osage3 hr
Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMorgan, Pettis3 hr
Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone, Cole, Moniteau3 hr
Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway3 hr
Jul 7, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAudrain, Montgomery3 hr
Jul 7, 1:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Saline3 hr
Jul 7, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAudrain, Boone, Chariton, Randolph2 hr
Jul 7, 4:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway2 hr
Jul 7, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Montgomery, Osage115 min
Jul 7, 6:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAudrain, Randolph115 min
Jul 7, 9:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAudrain, Randolph55 min
Jul 7, 9:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway55 min
Jul 7, 9:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAndrew, Nodaway4 hr
Jul 7, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton, Saline2 hr
Jul 7, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Morgan, Pettis2 hr
Jul 7, 10:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXJackson8 hr
Jul 7, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis, Saline39 min
Jul 7, 10:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAudrain, Boone49 min
Jul 7, 12:09 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMoniteau36 min
Jul 7, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBoone, Cole30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.