Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1990, 2:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 161940
FFWCOU
MOC015-141-159-195-053-162245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
240 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
BENTON...MORGAN...PETTIS...SALINE...COOPER
HEAVY RAINS OF THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NOW WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN THIS
AREA. MANY ROADWAYS ARE IMPASSABLE OR COVERED WITH WATER.
INTERSTATE 70 JUST WEST OF SWEET SPRINGS IS CLOSED. TRAFFIC IS
BEING DETOURED THROUGH SEDALIA VIA HIGHWAY 65 AND 50 WEST.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH DIPS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM ON FOOT.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 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 16, 9:34 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO. 930 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 AT 925 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 45 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 65 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR STOVER MISSOURI. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE HARRISONVILLE...URICH AND COLE CAMP MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 910 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BUTLER MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
Special weather statement, May 16, 10:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MOZ-008-162100 FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 1035 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 FLOOD STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BIG BLUE RIVER THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN KANSAS CITY REMAINDS IN FLOOD THIS MORNING. AT 1015AM THE RIVER STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 33.9 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. THE RIVER WILL FALL SLOWLY THIS MORNING AT BANNISTER ROAD BUT WILL NOT CREST UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LOWER REACHES OF THE RIVER. AT 40 HIWAY... FORECAST CREST OF 43 FEET AT NOON TODAY FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. AT 23RD STREET... FORECAST CREST OF 39 FEET AT 1PM THIS AFTERNOON FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. AT MANCHESTER AVE...FORECAST CREST OF 37 FEET AT 2PM THIS AFTERNOON FL=OOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. AT TRUMAN ROAD... FORECAST CREST OF 33 FEET AT 3PM THIS AFTERNOON FLOOD STATE IS 18 FEET. AT ARMCO STEEL... FORECAST CREST OF 18 FEET AT 4PM THIS AFTERNOON FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET. HANNER
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MOZ-008-162100 FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 1250 PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 FLOOD STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BIG BLUE RIVER THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN KANSAS CITY REMAINDS IN FLOOD THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1130AM THE RIVER STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 32.6 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL NOT CREST UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LOWER REACHES OF THE RIVER. AT MANCHESTER AVE...FORECAST CREST OF 37 FEET AT 2PM THIS AFTERNOON FLOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. AT TRUMAN ROAD... FORECAST CREST OF 33 FEET AT 3PM THIS AFTERNOON FLOOD STATE IS 18 FEET. AT ARMCO STEEL... FORECAST CREST OF 18 FEET AT 4PM THIS AFTERNOON FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET. HANNER
Special weather statement, May 16, 2:26 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
MOZ-008-162100 FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 225PM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 FLOOD STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BIG BLUE RIVER THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN KANSAS CITY REMAINDS IN FLOOD THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1PM THE RIVER STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 31.3 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. THE RIVER AT BANNISTER ROAD WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THURSDAY MORNING AND BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THE REMAINDER OF THuE RIVER WILL NO LONGER BE IN FLOOD. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR SHOWER IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN KANSAS CITY BUT NO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. HANNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 27 min |
| May 15, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone | 29 min |
| May 15, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Callaway, Montgomery | 31 min |
| May 16, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Pettis | 36 min |
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Saline | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miller | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Maries, Montgomery, Osage | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 3 hr |
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.