Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 9:09 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Maries County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1993, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gasconade County, MO, Maries County, MO, Osage County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 070211 FFWCOU MOC027-125-151-073-070415- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 909 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN CALLAWAY COUNTY...MARIES COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...GASCONADE COUNTY AT 9 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A BRAOD BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR SEDALIA...TO JUST NORTH OF ROLLA. THE STORMS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR JEFFERSON CITY AND 30 MILES EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HEAVY RAINS HAVE WASHED OUT LOW WATER WATER BRIDGES AND CLOSED ROADS TO TRAFFIC. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVE EVACUATED PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS IN THE TOWN OF CHAMOIS...LOCATED IN OSAGE COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI THAT LIVE IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ALL OTHERS ARE URGED TO STAY IN THE SAFETY OF THEIR HOMES. DO NOT VENTURE OUT ON AREA ROADS UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES ERECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. FLASH FLOODS CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN TORNADOES AND LIGHTNING COMBINED. NEVER TAKE FLOODING LIGHTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA...MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON HIGH GROUND THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO FLOOD. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES AND ROADS. PERLOW/LAkGREE
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, 4 hours 39 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, 4 hours 29 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, 8:35 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 835 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOST OF EAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT...FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI.. AT 827 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA... 10 TO 40 MILES WIDE...FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. BETWEEN 755 AND 825 PM 1.35 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AT STILLWELL KANSAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO FIRE-UP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI AROUND MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING IN HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI WHERE A FLOOD WARNING IS POSTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER. : $.:nosv#b_NF}>c6."6B
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:39 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-062245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 835 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOST OF EAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT...FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI.. AT 827 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA... 10 TO 40 MILES WIDE...FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. BETWEEN 755 AND 825 PM 1.35 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AT STILLWELL KANSAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO FIRE-UP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI AROUND MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING IN HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI WHERE A FLOOD WARNING IS POSTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:42 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 835 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOST OF EAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT...FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI.. AT 827 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...WERE LOCATED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. MAINLY IN AN AREA... 10 TO 40 MILES WIDE...FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. BETWEEN 755 AND 825 PM 1.35 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED AT STILLWELL KANSAS IN JOHNSON COUNTY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO FIRE-UP OVER CENTRAL KANSAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EAST KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI AROUND MIDNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING IN HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI WHERE A FLOOD WARNING IS POSTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway, Gasconade, Osage | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Maries | 62 min |
| Jul 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan | 119 min |
| Jul 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Pettis | 119 min |
| Jul 6, 9:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Pettis | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Maries, Osage | 116 min |
| Jul 6, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 116 min |
| Jul 6, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 10 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller, Moniteau | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 12:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Morgan, Pettis | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone, Chariton, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Montgomery, Osage | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 6:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Randolph | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Randolph | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 9:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Nodaway | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Chariton, Saline | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Morgan, Pettis | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 8 hr |
| Jul 7, 10:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 10:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 12:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole | 30 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.