Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 1994, 11:34 PM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, St. Clair County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 1994, 11:34 PM CDT (04:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 1994, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO, St. Clair County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 493 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 792 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 280437 FFWMCI KSC107-MOC013-083-185-280730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1134 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS ...LINN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...NORTHERN ST. CLAIR COUNTY AT 1134 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CHANUTE KANSAS NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY KANSAS AND INTO NORTHERN ST CLAIR AND HENRY COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH AND PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING OVER AREAS WHICH HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIETHIS EVENING AND THUS HAVE INCREASED THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN BATES AND NORTHERN ST CLAIR COUNTIES DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. 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. JULY
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 27, 5:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
MOC037-047-095-165-177-KSC091-103-209-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 544 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 154 CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AS WELL AS RAY COUNTY... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 154...HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... CASS...CLAY...JACKSON...PLATTE AND CLAY COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND JOHNSON...LAVENWORTH...AND WYANDOTTE COUNTZIES IN EXTREME EAST KANSAS. THIS INCLUDES THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 6:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
MOC013-037-047-083-095-165-177-185-KSC091-103-107-121-209-280030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 628 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM FOR EASTERN HENRY AND ST CLAIR COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR WERE INDICATED OVER THESE AREAS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST KANSAS...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL 9PM. THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH. HOWEVER RADAR INDICATED MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND THAT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST KEEPING NEARLY ALL OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNDER THE GUN FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE NITE. RAIN FALLING OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND IN THIS AREA WILL CAUSE SOME SOME LOCAL FLOODING OVERNITE WITH THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH 3/4 INCH HAIL AT WALKER MISSOURI IN NORTHEAST VERNON COUNTY. BUT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL HAD RECEIVED FROM LOTS OF LOCATIONS. A LIGHTING STRIKE AT CLINTON IN HENRY COUNTY INJURED 3 PEOPLE ON A BALL FIELD EARLIER THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT THIS EVENING...BE CAUTIOUS AROUND RISING WATER. STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 8:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
MOC013-037-047-083-095-165-177-185-KSC091-103-107-121-209-280220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 800 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 AT 8PM RADAR SHOWED A WIDE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM LAMONI IOWA TO MANHATTAN KANSAS ON THE NORTH...AND FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF KANSAS TO COLUMBIA MISSOURI ON THE SOUTH. LOOKING FURTHER DOWN STREAM...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER OKLAHOMA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST...MOVING OVER THE AREA WHERE HEAVIER RAINS HAD PREVIOUSLY FALLEN...AND LOOKS LIKE THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER DOESNT APPEAR TO BE A THREAT OVERNITE...SOME LOCAL FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY OVER PARTS OF EAST KANSAS AND WEST MISSOURI. STAY TUNED.
Special weather statement, Apr 27, 10:59 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
MOC013-037-047-083-095-165-177-185-KSC091-103-107-121-209-280220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 11 PM CDT WED APR 27 1994 A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS FOR TONITE AND THURSDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ESTIMATED OFF RADAR...1 TO 2 INCHES EARLIER IN THE DAY AROUND THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/2 INCH SINCE 9PM. 3 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN KANSAS AND OVER BATES...HENRY AND NORTHWEST ST CLAIR COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. /THATS ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY\ . AT 11PM HEAVIER RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR CHANUTE ACROSS FT SCOTT KANSAS AND OVER TOWARD OSCEOLA MISSOURI. THERE IS LITTLE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THESE AREAS...BUT IN AREAS THAT ARE FLOOD PRONE CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN. STAY TUNED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Camden, Miller | 52 min |
| Apr 28, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Camden, Maries, Miller, Morgan, Osage | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gasconade | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 7:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 117 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.