Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 1994, 11:37 PM CDT for Clinton County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1994, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1994, 3:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 4374 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMCI 020439 FFWMCI MOC049-021045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1137 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI ...CLINTON COUNTY AT 1140 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER CLINTON COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS OF CLINTON COUNTY WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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.
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, Jul 1, 8:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-KSZ102-020235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 832 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 830 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS HOLT AND NODAWAY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HOPKINS...ALSO NEAR SKIDMORE...AND ALONG THE IOWA BORDER NORTHWEST OF GRANT CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-KSZ102-020235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 832 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 830 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS HOLT AND NODAWAY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HOPKINS...ALSO NEAR SKIDMORE...AND ALONG THE IOWA BORDER NORTHWEST OF GRANT CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS. OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND THESE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 903 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL... AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY... AT 9 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEAR CONCEPTION...SKIDMORE...AND 15 MILES WEST OF MOUND CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS 50 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM...AND ENTER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SECURE LAWN AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD EASILY BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 9:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MOZ001>007-011>016-020>023-028>031-037-038-043-044-053-054-067- KSZ057-060-102>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 903 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL... AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY... AT 9 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI NEAR CONCEPTION...SKIDMORE...AND 15 MILES WEST OF MOUND CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANSAS 50 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE ST JOSEPH AREA BETWEEN 930 AND 1030 PM...AND ENTER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IS DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. GUSTS OF 60 TO 80 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE STORMS. PE.OPLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO PREPARE NOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SECURE LAWN AND PATIO FURNITURE...AND OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD EASILY BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1000 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.... AT 10 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 15 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH AND ALONG THE PLATTE-BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 10PM AND 11 PM. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL...AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. BB/MW
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MOZ028-029-037-043-KSZ103>105-020405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO 1000 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA.... AT 10 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING 15 MILES WEST OF LEAVENWORTH AND ALONG THE PLATTE-BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH INTO THE KANSAS CITY AREA BETWEEN 10PM AND 11 PM. THE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE LEVELS... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTBORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY FOR NORTHWEST...NORTHCENTRAL...AND WEST-CENTRAL MISSOURI INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. BB/MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | DeKalb | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clinton | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Ray | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Bates | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Lafayette | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Henry, Johnson | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Lafayette | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis, Saline | 42 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.