Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 1988, 8:54 PM CDT for Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1988, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1988, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, MO, Jackson County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 290155
FFWMCI
KSC091-103-209-MOC047-095-290400-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
854 PM CDT WED SEP 28 1988
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...JOHNSON...LEAVENWORTH...WYANDOTTE
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
...CLAY
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...JACKSON
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER GREATER KANSAS CITY...WITH RAINFALL
TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY. NUMEROUS
REPORTS FROM KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE INDICATED THAT
MOTORISTS ARE OCCASIONALLY BEING TRAPPED IN THEIR AUTOMOBILES THAT
HAVE DRIVEN INTO HIGH WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS.
RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY 1100
PM CDT. AS OF 850 PM ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WERE WITHIN THEIR BANKS BUTARE BEING CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN LOWER LYING AREAS OF THE KANSACITY METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH THE EVENING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE 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.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, Sep 28, 3:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECAIL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 445 PM CDT WED SEP 28 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA OR ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. HOWEVER...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...VIADUCTS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AS OF 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 8 PM AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL KANSAS. WW AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS PART OF AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WHICH EXTENDED INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN IOWA. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND OUT OF THE METRO AREA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AFTER 4 PM CDT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. EDF
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 3:53 PM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
SPECAIL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 445 PM CDT WED SEP 28 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA OR ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. HOWEVER...THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...VIADUCTS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AS OF 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS NEAR KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 8 PM AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL KANSAS. WW
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 4:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECAIL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 530 PM CDT WED SEP 28 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THIS WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA OR ST JOSEPH MISSOURI...AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS...VIADUCTS AND LOW LYING AREAS. AS OF 530 PM THIS AFTERNOON THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TO THE KANS=AS CITY METRO AREA AND ST JOSEPH BY 7 PM CDT. WW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 63 min |
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.