Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1994, 1:27 AM CDT for Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Platte County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 080631 FFWMCI MOC165-081230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 127 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...PLATTE COUNTY AT 125 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR OVER PLATTE COUNTY. RAINFALLS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES HAS BEEN INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS OVER THIS SAME AREA. 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. SR/GA
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, Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
MOZ001-011-020-028-029-037-038-043-044-KSZ102>105-080530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1126 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 AT 1122 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ODESSA IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEA-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ODESSA IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES. RESIDENTS IN WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GA
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
MOZ001-011-020-028-029-037-038-043-044-KSZ102>105-080530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1126 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 1994 AT 1122 PM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM ODESSA IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO JUST WEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEA-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ODESSA IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES. RESIDENTS IN WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
KSZ102-080610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1206 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 1203 AM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EVEREST IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR INTO SOUTHWESTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN DONIPHAN COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AS THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GA/SR
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
KSZ102-080610- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1206 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 AT 1203 AM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EVEREST IN NORTHEAST KANSAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR INTO SOUTHWESTERN DONIPHAN COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN DONIPHAN COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES AS THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. GA/SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 69 min |
| Jun 8, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Pettis | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 5:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries, Pulaski | 44 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.