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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Kansas City, MO

April 11, 1994Morgan County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 5:48 AM CDT for Morgan County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1994, 5:48 AM CDT (10:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1994, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

County Morgan County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 147 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 437 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 111049
FFWCOU
MOC141-111345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
548 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 540 AM LAW ENFORCEMENT HAD REPORTED THAT RT JJ JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
135 NORTH WAS CLOSED.  WATER WAS MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO PUSH A TRUCK OFF
THE ROAD.  RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL STEADILY AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL
OCCUR.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.
 
 
KENNEDY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 11:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry, St. Clair6 hr
Apr 11, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCole, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Osage4 hr
Apr 11, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAudrain, Boone, Callaway4 hr
Apr 11, 12:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBenton4 hr
Apr 11, 1:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCamden3 hr
Apr 11, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHickory4 hr
Apr 11, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXHoward, Saline4 hr
Apr 11, 4:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPettis4 hr
Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBenton, Camden, Miller4 hr
Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCole, Moniteau, Osage4 hr
Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMaries4 hr
Apr 11, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXAudrain, Boone, Callaway4 hr
Apr 11, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBates, Henry, St. Clair4 hr
Apr 11, 8:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXPulaski3 hr

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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.