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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Kansas City, MO

July 8, 1995Maries County, Miller County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 1995, 1:34 AM CDT for Maries County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1995, 1:34 AM CDT (06:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1995, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2427 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 1995-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1362 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 080635
FFWCOU
MOC125-131-141-080830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
134 AM CDT SAT JUL 8 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
 
   ...MARIES COUNTY...MILLER COUNTY...EASTERN MORGAN COUNTY
 
AT 125 AM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM JEFFERSON CITY TO BOONVILLE.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20-25 MPH AND WILL
MOVE INTO MARIES...MILLER AND MORGAN COUNTIES BEFORE 2 AM.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND SEVERE LIGHTNING. BECAUSE THESE STORMS ARE WILL BE
FOLLOWING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE AREA EXPECT FLASH FLOODING
TO BE A PROBLEM AS WELL. THESE STROMS SEEM TO BE SLOWING AS
THEY MOVE SOUTHWARD WHICH WILL ALSO ADD TO THTE AMOUNT OF RAIN
FROM EACH STORM.
 
SHELDON
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison46 min
Jul 7, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston65 min
Jul 7, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison61 min
Jul 7, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXDaviess, Grundy, Livingston64 min
Jul 7, 11:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXGrundy, Livingston3 hr
Jul 8, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer30 min
Jul 8, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll39 min
Jul 8, 12:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline35 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCarroll, Grundy, Livingston59 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXHarrison, Mercer59 min
Jul 8, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Saline59 min
Jul 8, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMercer4 hr
Jul 8, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXSaline4 hr
Jul 8, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Saline59 min
Jul 8, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Linn, Livingston59 min
Jul 8, 1:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXMorgan116 min
Jul 8, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries, Miller, Morgan116 min
Jul 8, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMercer40 min
Jul 8, 2:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCamden, Pulaski119 min
Jul 8, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCamden, Pulaski119 min
Jul 8, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXGrundy, Sullivan45 min
Jul 8, 6:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAdair48 min
Jul 8, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXChariton, Saline51 min
Jul 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Howard, Randolph61 min
Jul 8, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis61 min
Jul 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBenton, Morgan45 min
Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMaries45 min

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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.