Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1993, 11:10 AM CDT for Callaway County, Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1993, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1993, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Callaway County, MO, Cole County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 1163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 436 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 511 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 061619 COR FFWCOU MOC019-027-051-053-061815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1110 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY...CALLAWAY COUNTY ...NORTHERN COLE COUNTY...EASTERN COOPER COUNTY AT 1100 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WERE IN A BAND ABOUT 10 MILES WIDE THAT STRETCHED FROM BOONVILLE TO JEFFERSON CITY TO ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR MONTGOMERY CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. FLASH FLOODING STRANDED PERSONS IN THEIR CARS IN CALIFORNIA IN NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY AT 1035 AM. SOME FLASH FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED ALONG CREEK BEDS AND CULVERTS IN PRAIRIE HOME ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER THIS AREA WHERE HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL EARLIER BETWEEN 900 AM AND 1100 AM THIS MORNING. ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS TAKING PLACE OR ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AT FROM STREAMS...RIVERS AND CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME KILLERS DURING HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY NEIGHBORS THAT MAY HAVE A HARD TIME ESCAPING FLOOD WATERS...HELP THEM OR LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THEM. LA GREE/PERLOW
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, Jun 6, 7:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-061335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 734 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 AT 730 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND OVER ABOUT THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF MISSOURI...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KANSAS...TO THE NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. IN MISSOURI STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...AND IN WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI JUST NORTHEAST OF CLINTON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-061335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 734 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 AT 730 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...AND OVER ABOUT THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF MISSOURI...AND ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KANSAS...TO THE NORTHWEST OF MANHATTAN. IN MISSOURI STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...AND IN WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI JUST NORTHEAST OF CLINTON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS IN MISSOURI CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-061535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 935 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 AT 930 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KANSAS...BETWEEN TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE WHERE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IN MISSOURI STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. HM
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 9:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-061535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 935 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 AT 930 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KANSAS...BETWEEN TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE WHERE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPnH. IN MISSOURI STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH AND JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST 30 MILES AN HOUR. HM
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:40 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-061635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1040 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 AT 1030 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ACROSS AOUTHERN IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KANSAS...JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF TONGANOXIE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHNING AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MONITOR COMMERICAL TELEVISION AND RADIOS STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS STORM. MORGAN
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:46 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-061635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1040 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 1993 AT 1030 AM...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND ACROSS AOUTHERN IOWA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KANSAS...JUST TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF TONGANOXIE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...WIN6DS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND DEADLY LIGHNING AND HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MONITOR COMMERICAL TELEVISION AND RADIOS STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS STORM. MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 67 min |
| Jun 6, 11:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole, Cooper, Moniteau | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 2 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.