Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 10, 1994, 11:55 PM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1994, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1994, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO, St. Clair County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 110458 FFWMCI MOC013-083-185-111100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1155 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...ST. CLAIR COUNTY AT 1150 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE INTO THE WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BATES...HENRY AND ST CLAIR. THE ST CLAIR COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT MANY SECONDARY GRAVEL ROADS ARE PARTIALLY FLOODED. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA IN THE LAST THREE HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY OVERNIGHT AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVERHEAD. 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. RUNNELS/PREDMORE
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, Apr 10, 8:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-102325- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT/SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 800 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 1000 PM AND INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BATES...ST. CLAIR AND HENRY IN MISSOURI AND LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF KANSAS CITY TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARROLLTON. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY AREA AS WELL AS RICHMOND...WARRENSBURG... OLATHE...CLINTON...AND MOUND CITY KANSAS. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ST. JOSEPH AREA. AT 800 PM RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM KIRKSVILLE TO ST. JOSEPH TO CHANUTE KANSAS AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL ON NEARLY SATURATED SOIL WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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. BEUSTERIEN
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 9:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 935 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR BATES...HENRY AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE KANSAS CITY AREA HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED... AT 920 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH LESS INTENSE STORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY OVER WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE KANSAS CITY AREA ITSELF WILpL RECIEVE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT BUT THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS DIMINISHED. RUNNELS
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 11:40 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MOZ028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067-KSZ057-060-103>105-110640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1136 PM CDT SUN APR 10 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING BACK INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI... AT 1130 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING BACK INTO THE WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI COUNTIES OF BATES...HENRY AND ST CLAIR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BECOMING WIDESPREAD AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED ...THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO THE SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. MOTORISTS TRAVELING THROUGH THE REGION SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING. REMEMBER THAT FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY HARD TO RECOGNIZE IN THE DARK. RUNNELS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Osage | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Hickory | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Howard, Saline | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Camden, Miller | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Moniteau, Osage | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Maries | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone, Callaway | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Morgan | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 8:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 3 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.