Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1989, 9:50 AM CDT for Howard County, Missouri. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1989, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1989, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard 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 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 1598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 301450
FFWCOU
MOC089-027-301645-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
950 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
EASTERN HOWARD...WESTERN CALLAWAY
AT 940 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO
MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI. WATER..1 TO 2 FEET DEEP WAS REPORTED
OVER PARTS OF ROUTE O IN HOWARD COUNTY..15 MILES NORTHWEST OF
COLUMBIA..AND ALSO OVER ROUTE Y IN CALLAWAY COUNTY..15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBIA. OTHER ROADS IN EAST HOWARD COUNTY AND WEST
CALLAWAY COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING AS THIS CONDITION
WORSENS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BOONE CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 AM.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS 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 TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS THAT
CAN BECOME DEADLY WHEN SWOLLEN BY HEAVY RAIN. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS WHEN HEAVY RAIN THREATENS.
GVWhat 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 30, 5:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 540 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 1989 AT 525 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM SOUTHERN IOWA TO EASTERN AND OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. STORMS OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA HAVE PRODUCED SOME WIND DAMAGE WITH TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED IN THE BRIGHTON AREA OF KANSAS CITY. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING. MOVEMENT OF THE SjHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:08 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 900 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 1989 AT 830 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS JUST WEST OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI AND JUST NORTH OF CAMERON MISSOURI...27 MILES EAST OF SeT JOSEPH MISSOURI. THE STORM WAS IN DAVIESS COUNTY MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 945 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 1989 AT 930 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...STRONG SURFACE WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE IN CALDWELL...RAY...AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE JUST EAST OF POLO MISSOURI...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE BETWEEN LEAVENWORTH KANSAS AND THE LAKES OF THE OZARKS. MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway | 115 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989
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.