Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 1993, 3:23 AM CDT for Platte County, Missouri; Leavenworth County, Kansas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 3:23 AM CDT (08:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Leavenworth County, KS, Platte County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 3575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.9
- Supercell composite
- 20.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 100824 FFWMCI KSC091-103-209-MOC095-165-101230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 323 AM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730-AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...JOHNSON COUNTY...LEAVENWORTH COUNTY...WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...JACKSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY AT 310 AM...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT ON THE KANSAS SIDE OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI. THE BRUSH CREEK AT MAIN STREET IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS RISEN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE... REACHING 11 FEET AT 300 AM. THE FLOOD STAGE AT THIS LOCATION IS 8 FEET. ALSO...THE TURKEY CREEK IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS WAS REPORTED AS BEING OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING INTO DOWNTOWN MERRIAM AT 300 AM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DESTRI &
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 9, 10:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-100345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1015 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1005 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH...TO NEAR TONGANOXIE AND JUST EAST OF LAWRENCE. A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF TOPEKA HAD PRODUCED UP TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO ST. JOSEPH AND THROUGH THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER IN LEAVONWORTH AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...BETWEEN 1015 AND 1100 PM. . PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-100345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO HAIL SIZE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1015 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1005 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH...TO NEAR TONGANOXIE AND JUST EAST OF LAWRENCE. A THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA HAD PRODUCED UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT 929 PM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR...SO THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO ST. JOSEPH AND THROUGH THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER IN LEAVONWORTH AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES...BETWEEN 1015 AND 1100 PM. . PERSONS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DESTRI
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-100445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1035 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1028 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER FROM LAWRENCE TO TOPEKA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HE;AVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER ...30 MILES NORTWEST OF ST JOSEPH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WYANDOTTE AND NORTHWEST JOHNSON COUNTIES OF KANSAS BETWEEN 11 AND 1115 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PERPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RAH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 10:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-100445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1035 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1028 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS. MAINLY NORTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER FROM LAWRENCE TO TOPEKA TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND VERY HE;AVY DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER ...30 MILES NORTWEST OF ST JOSEPH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WYANDOTTE AND NORTHWEST JOHNSON COUNTIES OF KANSAS BETWEEN 11 AND 1115 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PERPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RAH
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-100445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1115 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1115 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS FROM NEAR JARBALO TO EASTON. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM PLATTE CITY AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE STORMS AND SEEK SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
MOZ001-002-004-005-008-009-KSZ016-100445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI 1115 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EAST KANSAS UNTIL 300 AM SATURDAY MORNING...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT... AT 1115 PM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS FROM NEAR JARBALO TO EASTON. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM PLATTE CITY AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF SMITHVILLE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...AND WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE STORMS AND SEEK SHELTER AS THEY APPROACH. RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 1:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Grundy, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 52 min |
| Jul 10, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 1:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Wyandotte | 31 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1993Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.