Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1993, 11:19 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Maries County, Osage County, Missouri. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1993, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- 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 04:21 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, 4.3 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 070421 FFWCOU MOC027-125-151-073-070615- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1119 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CALLAWAY COUNTY...MARIES COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...GASCONADE COUNTY AT 1115 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA TO AROUND JEFFERSON CITY AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. FLOODING CONTINUED TO PLAGUE ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THE WARNED COUNTIES AND NUMEROUS ROADS WERE UNDER WATER AT 1115 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY FLOODING ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY DUE TO THE NUMBER OF ROADS UNDER WATER. BE EXTRA CAREFUL AT NIGHT WHEN FLOOD WATERS ARE HARD TO SEE. IF YOU SEE RISING WATER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND RIGHT AWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS OR BRIDGES IN YOUR CAR. LA GREE/BLANCHARD
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, 8:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 40 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, 2 hours 37 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, 1 hour 44 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, 1 hour 35 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, 10:35 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1035 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 1025 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...5 MILES WIDE...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED WEST FROM NEAR BOONVILLE..ALONG I-70...TO ODESSA TO KANSAS CITY TO JUST EAST OF LAWRENCE. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 3.03 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 700 AND 930 PM AT STANLEY IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER. RAH
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 10:42 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1035 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 1025 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...5 MILES WIDE...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS EXTENDED WEST FROM NEAR BOONVILLE..ALONG I-70...TO ODESSA TO KANSAS CITY TO JUST EAST OF LAWRENCE. THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED 3.03 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 700 AND 930 PM AT STANLEY IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ONCE AGAIN...REMdEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER. RAH
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, 9:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Pettis | 2 hr |
| 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.