Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 4:39 AM CDT for Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Callaway County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 271 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 070941 FFWCOU MOC019-027-007-041-175-071145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 439 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY...CALLAWAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...AUDRAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CHARITON COUNTY...RANDOLPH COUNTY AT 435 AM A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MEXICO TO 25 MILES NORTH OF MARSHALL. HEAVY RAIN ALSO CONTINUED TO FALL EAST OF COLUMBIA AND JEFFERSON CITY IN CALLAWAY COUNTY. THE THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR. 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/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, 10:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 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, 5 hours 4 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, 5 hours 3 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, 4 hours 14 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.
| 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 | 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, 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.