Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 9:54 AM CDT for Macon County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Macon 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 071454
FFWCOU
MOC007-121-071900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
954 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
AUDRAIN...
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
MACON...
AT 945 AM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN A
BAND FROM MACON INTO AUDRAIN COUNTIES. OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL
IN MEXICO BETWEEN 730AM AND 930 AM THIS MORNING PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING. THE AUDRAIN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTD HIGHWAY 54
EAST OF MEXICO UNDER WATER IN MANY PLACES...AND NUMEROUS COUNTY
ROADS WERE UNDER WATER. KLTI RADIO IN MACON REPORTED TORRENTIAL
RAINS AND SOME ROADS BECOMING IMPASSABLE.
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.
LA GREEWhat 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, Jun 7, 5:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 545 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 NOON... AT 528 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED NEAR NODAWAY IN ANDREW COUNTY... 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH. NEARBY STORMS HAD PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL IN THE ST JOSEPH AREA SHORTLY AFTER 500 AM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN... ALONG THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER NORTH OF MARYVILLE MISSOURI.. . AND OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 750 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... AT 735 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO CHILLICOTHE IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE DAVIESS-LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE... 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL EARLIER THIS MORNING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF GRUNDY AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES BY 815 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS... WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING... USE EXTRA CAUTION AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE MOVING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN BOONVILLE AND ST. LOUIS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA... AND OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:28 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
MOZ004-008-071630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 920 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 915AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE WOULD INDICATE IT WOULD TAKE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE KANSAS CITY AREA NORTHWARD TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OVER THE COUNTIES OF CLAY...RAY...CARROLL...CLINTON... BUCHANAN...DEKALB...AND DAVIES...WHERE HEAVY RAINS FELL WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THIS MORNING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WATER LEVELS TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING CONDITIONS THREATEN. A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MISSOURI REMAINS IN AN AREA OF POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TODAY...AS WELL AS...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:49 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
MOZ004-008-071630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 940 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY... AT 930 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...NORTH OF A LINE FROM WEATHERBY MISSOURI...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY... EXTENDING NORTH AND WEST TO OMAHA NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM SENECA KANSAS...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY... NORTHWARD TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH NOON. POOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller, Osage | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone | 41 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.