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Flash Flood Warning 71, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 7, 1993Boone County, Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 1:31 AM CDT for Boone County, Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1993, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1993, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, MO, Cole County, MO, Moniteau County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 236 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 070711 COR
FFWCOU
MOC019-027-051-125-131-135-141-151-159-073-070930-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
131 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...BOONE COUNTY...CALLAWAY COUNTY...COLE COUNTY...MARIES COUNTY
   ...MILLER COUNTY...MONITEAU COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY
   ...PETTIS COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...GASCONADE COUNTY
AT 130 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY
FLOODED AREAS. MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY MORNIPNG AND
THE FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL GET WORSE.

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.


KENNEDY

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, 9:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 47 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, 2 hours 56 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, 2 hours 49 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
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1135 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 1125 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI.  THE STORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF KANSAS CITY AND IN INDEPENDENCE.  THESE STORMS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS THEY MOVE
EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

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 KANSAS CITY METRO AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.
RAH
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
KSZ016-MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1135 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 1125 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MISSOURI.  THE STORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WERE LOCATED
ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF KANSAS CITY AND IN INDEPENDENCE.  THESE STORMS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS THEY MOVE
EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS HENRY COUNTY MI;SSOURI.

AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH
PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.
RAH
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-070645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1230 AM CDT WED JUL 6 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND MOST
OF EAST KANSAS FOR TONIGHT...FLOOD WARNING THE BLUE RIVER...AND A FLOOD
WARNING FOR HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI FOR TONITE...

AT 1230 AM...SCATTERED STRONG TUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
OVER A 55 MILES WIDE AREA FROM 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY /PITTSVILLE
MISSOURI\ TO JEFFERSON CITY AND ON TO THE EAST.   THESE STORMS WILL
CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS THEY MOVE
EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS STILL BEING REPORTED ACROSS HENRY COUNTY MISSOURI.

THE BLUE RIVER WILL CREST 4 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD
AT 5AM WEDNESDAY.
ONCE AGAIN...REMEMBER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH HIGH WATER.

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, 7:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMaries62 min
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 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.