Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1993, 10:10 AM CDT for Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 6:25 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 KMCI 071512 FFWMCI MOC095-080100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...FOR THE BLUE RIVER IN JACKSON COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1010 AM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING WITHIN THE BLUE RIVER BASIN HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE BLUE RIVER HAS ALREADY CRESTED AT BANNISTER ROAD...BUT POINTS DOWNSTREAM HAVE YET TO CREST. BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION...THE BLUE RIVER WILL CREST AT POINTS DOWNSTREAM FROM 63RD STREET THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE PRESENT TIME...LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL SOUTH OF BANNISTER ROAD BUT SHOULD NOT AFFECT CURRENT RIVER LEVELS. UPDATED CREST FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED BY 1045 AM. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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, 2 hours 40 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, 2 hours 31 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, 1 hour 25 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, 1 hour 25 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 | 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, 10:21 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.