Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1990, 1:13 PM CDT for Cooper County, Howard County, Saline County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1990, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cooper County, MO, Howard County, MO, Saline 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 151813
FFWCOU
MOC089-159-195-053-152045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
113 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
SOUTHERN HOWARD...PETTIS...SALINE...COOPER...CITY OF
SEDALIA
VERY HEAVY RAINS TODAY HAVE FLOODED SOME ROADS IN THE AREA AND
CAUSED THEM TO BE IMPASSABLE. MARSHALL HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO
INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6AM AND OTHER REPORTING STATIONS HAVE HAD
NEARLY THE SAME OR MORE. MORE HEAVY RAINS WILL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE
AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND OVER ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT ATTEMMPT TO CROSS ANY LOW WATER BRIDGES OR SPILLWAYS THAT ARE
SO COMMON TO RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI.
LARMWhat 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, May 15, 7:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 730 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOOD CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH OUT THE DAY. THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLOODING AND AT ONE TIME HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON INTERSTAE 70 AT THE BROADWAY BRIDGE. OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST K#ANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 835 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL...WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS JOHNSON AND MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS AND JACKSON AND CASS COUNTY MISSOURI IN THE NEXT HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A WIDESPREAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION WHICH COVERED MOST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:48 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 935 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 50 MILES SOUTH...AND 25 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...40 MILES TO THE WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BY 1030AM. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM IN LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND THE ST JOSEPH AREA BY 1030 AM. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE LIKEY TO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 10:13 AM CDT, 3 hours before
MOZ004-008-151545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1000 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD END WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. AT 10 AM THE STAGE ON THE BLUE RIVER AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS AT 24 FEET AND RISING. AT 1006 AM...THE LEED`S DISTRICT ON THE BLUE RIVER IS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 15, 10:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Moniteau, Morgan | 2 hr |
| May 15, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 69 min |
| May 15, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Hickory | 69 min |
| May 15, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 62 min |
| May 15, 1:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 3 hr |
| May 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 33 min |
| May 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Callaway | 32 min |
| May 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| May 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Callaway | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade | 39 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.