Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 9:57 PM CDT for Benton County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 9:57 PM CDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Pettis County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
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, 4:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 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, 1 hour 22 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, 1 hour 18 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, 1 hour 15 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.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:35 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 935 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 928 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. MAINLY IN AN AREA...10 MILES WIDE...FROM OLATHE TO LEES SUMMIT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. STILLWELL KANSAS REPORTS AN ADDITIONAL .98 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS FOR A TOTAL OF 2.33 INCHES IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST AND SOUTH OF WARRENSBURG. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THIS AREA WAS OCCURRING NEAR SEDALIA. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 9:44 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 935 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 928 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. MAINLY IN AN AREA...10 MILES WIDE...FROM OLATHE TO LEES SUMMIT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS. STILLWELL KANSAS REPORTS AN ADDITIONAL .98 INCHES OF RAIN FROM THESE STORMS FOR A TOTAL OF 2.33 INCHES IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...EAST AND SOUTH OF WARRENSBURG. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THIS AREA WAS OCCURRING NEAR SEDALIA. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. 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 | Gasconade, Maries, Osage | 2 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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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.