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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 13, 1993Atchison County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1993, 8:23 AM CDT for Atchison County, Holt County, Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1993, 8:23 AM CDT (13:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1993, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 396 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 854 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 1993-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 131325
FFWMCI
MOC005-087-147-131830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
823 AM CDT TUE JUL 13 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
 
   ...ATCHISON COUNTY...HOLT COUNTY...NODAWAY COUNTY
 
AT 815 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE
BEEN OCCURING OVER PARTS OF ATCHISON...HOLT AND NODAWAY COUNTIES. THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY HAVE DUMPED UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN THESE COUNTIES
WITH ANOTHER INCH OR MORE RAIN EXPECTED BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
OUT OF THE COUNTIES.
 
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGentry5 hr
Jul 13, 11:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBuchanan, Clinton3 hr
Jul 13, 1:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXChariton, Macon3 hr
Jul 13, 1:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHolt2 hr
Jul 13, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone45 min
Jul 13, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXBoone33 min
Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone, Callaway, Cole2 hr
Jul 13, 4:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMoniteau2 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.