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Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 11, 1993Sullivan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 1993, 1:23 AM CDT for Sullivan County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 1993, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 1993, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Sullivan County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1993-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3233 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1993-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 110625
FFWMCI
MOC079-117-211-110930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
123 AM CDT SUN JUL 11 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...GRUNDY COUNTY...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...SULLIVAN COUNTY
 
RAIN FALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED COUNTIES WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES LIKELY OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston3 hr
Jul 11, 5:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCooper, Howard12 hr

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.