Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 1989, 9:11 PM CDT for Andrew County, Nodaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 1989, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1989, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Andrew County, MO, Nodaway 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 457 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 592 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 19.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMCI 090212
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MOC003-147-090715-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
911 PM CDT FRI SEP 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
...ANDREW...NODAWAY
CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREAMS AND CREEKS IN BOTH
NODAWAY AND ANDREW COUNTIES MISSOURI. THE NODAWAY RIVER AT BURLINGTON
JUNCTION WAS ALREADY BANKFULL..AND THE 102 RIVER AT MARYVILLE WAS AT
13.0 FEET AND RISING AT 900 PM CDT..FLOOD STAGE IS 14 FEET AT
MARYVILLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE AGAIN MOVING INTO
INTO BOTH NODAWAY AND ANDREW COUNTIES.
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.
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.
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.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.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 8, 3:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 340 PM CDT SEP 8 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 325 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM EASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE FROM JUST EAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS TO 35 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AMIS
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 4:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 435 PM CDT SEP 8 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PLATTE...CLAY AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA UNTIL 645 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 425 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM EASTCENTRAL KANSAS THRU WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...S"OUTHERN IOWA AND THE NORTH HALF OF MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 5:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 535 PM CDT SEP 8 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PLATTE...CLAY AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA UNTIL 645 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 525 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED FROM EASTCENTRAL KANSAS THRU WESTCENTRAL...TO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STORNGEST STORM...PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 1/4 INCH HAIL...WAS 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AN THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASJTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN IOWA AND THE NORTH HALF OF MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST...NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 635 PM CDT SEP 8 1989 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN PLATTE...CLAY AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA UNTIL 645 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 630 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST AND MOST NUMEROUS STORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... BETWEEN TOPEKA AND KANSAS CITY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 735 PM CDT SEP 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR EASTERN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS AND ALL OF PLATTE COUNTY MISSOURI... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 730 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL...WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. AT 715 PM ONE AND ONE-HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS AND STREET FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN LANSING KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND PASSING OVER GROUND NEARLY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE DAY. SOME FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS PASS.
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 8:39 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 835 PM CDT SEP 8 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS AND PLATTE AND CLAY COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI TONIGHT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 830 PM CDT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE HAIL...WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...SOUTHWEST IOWA AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF MISSOURI. STRONGEST AND MOST NUMEROUS STORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI TO NEAR TOPEKA KANSAS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS OVER NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST...NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND PASSING OVER GROUND NEARLY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER IN THE DAY. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS PASS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Platte | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 4:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 57 min |
| Sep 9, 4:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Clinton | 57 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.