Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 6:00 AM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1994, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1994, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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, 11.0 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 111102 FFWMCI MOC013-083-185-111500- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 600 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...ST. CLAIR COUNTY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING EXTENDED THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS MORNING...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE GROUND IS ALREADY VERY WET FROM THE RAIN OVERNIGHT...AND THERE ARE REPORTS OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA. WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAIN THIS MORNING...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLBE 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. COOPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry, St. Clair | 6 hr |
| 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, 8:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 3 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.