Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1990, 7:53 PM CDT for Boone County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Boone 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 2891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 080053
FFWCOU
MOC019-080400-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
753 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
BOONE...CITY OF COLUMBIA
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THROUGH BOONE COUNTY WAS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEVERAL ROADS IN THE COUNTY WERE REPORTED
UNDERWATER. SEVERAL CREEKS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED NEAR BANKFUL.
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.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
N~AME OF ISSUERWhat 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, 3:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
MOZ004-008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 315 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXTEND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS FOR BOTH METROPOLITAN AREAS OF KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI THIS THURSDAY EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE WEATHER WILL BE THE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES IT WOULD TAKE BETWEEN 2.3 TO 2.8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WEDNESDAY AND EARLIER THIS MORNING...WOULD TAKE LESSER AMOUNTS TO ENTER INTO A FLOODING SITUATION...POSSIBLY AS LITTLE AS 1 TO 2 INCHES. AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN AT THIS TIME LIE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CLAY...RAY...CARROLL...CLINTON...BUCHANAN...DEKALB... AND DAVIES IN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN KANSAS. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES THAT RECEIVED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 645 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 630 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA NORTHEAST TO 25 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR BOONVILLE NORTHEAST TO 15 MILES EAST OF MOBERLY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS IN KANSAS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... IN LEAVENWORTH... WYANDOTTE... AND JOHNSON COUNTIES BY 800 PM. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 720 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 705 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WICHITA NEAR FLORENCE NORTHEAST TO NEAR OLATHE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR EMPORIA... 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR OVERBROOK... AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE. THESE STORMS HAD ALSO PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER SOUTHWEST PARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KANSAS EARLIER THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA IN LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE... AND JOHNSON COUNTIES BY 800 PM. RAPID F5LOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LONGNECKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Moniteau, Morgan | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Moniteau, Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 18 min |
| Jun 8, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller, Morgan | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 57 min |
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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.