Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 1993, 12:15 PM CDT for Boone County, Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 12:15 PM CDT (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, MO, Cole County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOU 071716 TORCOU MOC019-051-071745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1215 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...SOUTHERN BOONE COUNTY...NORTHERN COLE COUNTY AT 1215 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON CITY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN CENTERTOWN...HARTSBURG AND ASHLAND SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO WITH YOUR CAR. YOU ARE MUCH SAFER IN A NEARBY STRONG BUILDING...OR OUTSIDE IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT IF YOUN LIE DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR ARMS. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LA GREE/LARM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 4 hours 45 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, 4 hours 36 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, 3 hours 30 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, 3 hours 30 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, 10:10 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 |
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.