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Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 7, 1993Audrain County, Randolph County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 6:50 AM CDT for Audrain County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 1993, 6:50 AM CDT (11:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 1993, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Audrain County, MO, Randolph County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 301 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1993-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 071204 COR
FFWCOU
MOC027-125-131-151-007-073-139-175-071345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

   ...CALLAWAY COUNTY...MARIES COUNTY...MILLER COUNTY
   ...OSAGE COUNTY


IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI


   ...AUDRAIN COUNTY...GASCONADE COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY

   ...RANDOLPH COUNTY

AT 645 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN IN THE EAST PART
OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
THROUGH MID MORNING.

FLASH FLOODS CLAIM MORE LIVES THAN TORNADOES AND LIGHTNING
COMBINED. NEVER TAKE FLOODING LIGHTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED
AREA...MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON HIGH GROUND THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO
FLOOD. NEVER TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED BRIDGES AND ROADS.


KENNEDY/BLANCHARD

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 WarningEAXBoone, Cole, Moniteau3 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, 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

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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.