Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 9:20 AM CDT for Audrain County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 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 12:00Z, 2.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1449 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 438 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 071429 COR FFWCOU MOC027-007-175-071515- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED FOR EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 920 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...CALLAWAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...AUDRAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHEASTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES AND WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING BETWEEN 930 AND 1030AM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS TAKING PLACE OR ABOUTc TO TAKE PLACE. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE FROM STREAMS...RIVERS AND CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME KILLERS DURING HEAVY RAINS. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY NEIGHBORS THAT MAY HAVE A HARD TIME ESCAPING FLOOD WATERS...HELP THEM OR LET OTHERS KNOW ABOUT THEM. LARM
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 7, 7:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-071333- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 730 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 730 AM...SCATTERED STRONG TUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI FROM JUST WEST OF KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSPEH INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI TO 20 MILES EAST OF MARYVILLE. SOME FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE ROAD..AS IT CAN SWEEP YOU AWAY VERY RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-071333- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 730 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 730 AM...SCATTERED STRONG TUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI FROM JUST WEST OF KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSPEH INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI TO 20 MILES EAST OF MARYVILLE. SOME FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WA TER OVER THE ROAD..AS IT CAN SWEEP YOU AWAY VERY RAPIDLY.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:45 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ16-071445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 845 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 830 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF NEVADA...NEAR BUTLER...TO JUST EAST OF ST JOSEPH...TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...NEAR BETHANY. IN ADDITION...PATCHES OF RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AS THE RAINS FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE ROAD..AS IT CAN SWEEP YOU AWAY VERY RAPIDLY. EVERSOLE
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:45 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-013-KSZ16-071445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 845 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST KANSAS TODAY AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING... AT 830 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER WESTCENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF NEVADA...NEAR BUTLER...TO JUST EAST OF ST JOSEPH...TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH...NEAR BETHANY. IN ADDITION...PATCHES OF RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER NORTHEASTERN KANSAS... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. AS THE RAINS FALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND...SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH WATER OVER THE ROAD..AS IT CAN SWEEP YOU AWAY VERY RAPIDLY. EVERSOLE
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, 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 | 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.