Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 11, 1994, 12:31 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 1994, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1994, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cole County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Osage County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 KCOU 110532 FFWCOU MOC015-019-027-051-125-131-135-151-007-110930- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO 1231 AM CDT MON APR 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BENTON COUNTY...BOONE COUNTY...CALLAWAY COUNTY...COLE COUNTY ...MARIES COUNTY...MILLER COUNTY...MONITEAU COUNTY...OSAGE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...AUDRAIN COUNTY AT 1230 AM...WIDESPREAD HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO RUMBLE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. REPEAT STORM MOVEMENT OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND HAS CAUSED LOCALIZED FLOODING...PRIMARILY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE REGION. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES REPORTED SEVERAL LOW LYING COUNTY ROADS UNDER WATER AND SMALL CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES WERE FILLING RAPIDLY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE COMMON ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN ON THE WAY...FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. RESIDENTS IN MID MISSOURI WHO LIVE IN AREAS THAT ARE NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RISING WATER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. PERLOW
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, 4 hours 28 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 53 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, 51 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 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 | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.