Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1994, 5:29 AM CDT for Bates County, Henry County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1994, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1994, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bates County, MO, Henry County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 081030 FFWMCI MOC013-083-081630- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 529 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI ...BATES COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY AT 525 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS BATES AND HENRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS COMBINATION IS RESULTING IN SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS. IN BATES COUNTY...18 HIGHWAY...CC HIGHWAY...AND J HIGHWAY ARE REPORTED TO BE UNDER WATER IN THE AMSTERDAM...MERWIN...AND ADRIAN AREAS. 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. WELVAERT &
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 8, 12:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 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, 5 hours 22 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, 1:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-044-053-KSZ102-103-104-105-057-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 155 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 153 AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TOPEKA SOUTHEAST TO PAYOLA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOW ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-044-053-KSZ102-103-104-105-057-080800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 155 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS... AT 153 AM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM TOPEKA SOUTHEAST TO PAYOLA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOW ENTERING WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GA
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
KSZ057-105-080820- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 217 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN JOHNSON AND MIAMI COUNTIES KANSAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 600 AM... AT 214 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN MIAMI AND JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. AT 205 AM CDT MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL IN HILLSDALE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN WAGSTAFF...CHILES AND BUCYRUS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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, 2:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
KSZ057-105-080820- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 217 AM CDT WED JUN 8 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN JOHNSON AND MIAMI COUNTIES KANSAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 600 AM... AT 214 AM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN MIAMI AND JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS. AT 205 AM CDT MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL IN HILLSDALE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST NEAR 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN WAGSTAFF...CHILES AND BUCYRUS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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, 1:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 6 hr |
| 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, 5:37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.