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Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Kansas City, MO

June 8, 1990Caldwell County, Daviess County, Livingston County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:40 PM CDT for Caldwell County, Daviess County, Livingston County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1990, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Caldwell County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Livingston 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1990-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1373 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 1990-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-248 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMCI 082341
FFWMCI
MOC033-117-025-061-090245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
640 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
          ...CARROLL
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI
          ...LIVINGSTON
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
          ...CALDWELL...DAVIESS
 
AT 630PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO
MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI COUNTIES OF
LIVINGSTON...DAVIESS...CALDWELL...AND CARROLL. SATELLITE ESTIMATES OF
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RANGE FROM 2 TO 2.5 INCHES SINCE 3PM THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 10PM CDT.
 
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED THAT WAKENDA CREEK NEAR CARROLLTON
MISSOURI...LOCATED 60 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY...IS IN FLOOD.
 
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 QSMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
POOLE

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, Jun 8, 3:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
300 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 300PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OUT OF
EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE AREA OF
STRONG STORMS IS LOCATED FROM NEAR HIAWATHA KANSAS...35 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH TO PLATTSBURG MISSOURI...25 MILES NORTHWEST
OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAINS. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ESPECIALLY
IN LOWLYING AREAS.

THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA OF ST. JOSEPH
THROUGH 345PM.
POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
330 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

AT 330PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST
MISSOURI FROM JUST WEST OF MOUND CITY MISSOURI...ABOUT 50 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON MISSOURI
...LOCATED 50 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE
LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY OF MISSOURI...
WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THRESHOLD OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING...IF THEY FOLLOW THE PATH OF EARLIER STORMS THAT
TURNED SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN BUCHANAN...CLINTON..NORTHERN
RAY AND POSSIBLY CLAY COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING
IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

ATNOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF
SEDALIA MISSOURI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST.
JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 8 PM.
POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
345 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH
MISSOURI AREAS...

AT 345PM...RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IMMEDIATELY THREATENING
THE ST. JOSEPH OR KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE
THOUGH REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND
EASTCENTRAL KANSAS.

REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2
HOURS. BY 6PM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ALONG
THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER BETWEEN FALLS CITY NEBRASKA AND CONCORDIA
KANSAS WITH STORMS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE TOPEKA ANDd
KANSAS CITY AREAS.

POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
425 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH
MISSOURI AREAS...

AT 425PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING RAPIDLY
FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA...LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST
OF KANSAS CITY...SOUTHEAST THROUGH PLATTSBURG AND CARROLLTON MISSOURI
TO JUST NORTH OF MARSHALL MISSOURI...ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF KANSAS
CITY.

FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2
HOURS. BY 6PM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER BETWEEN FALLS CITY NEBRASKA AND CONCORDIA
KANSAS WITH STORMS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE TOPEKA AND
KANSAS CITY AREAS.
.
BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MOZ004-008-090030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
530 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH
MISSOURI AREAS...

AT 530PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIAWATHA KANSAS
...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI...IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA
...TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY NEAR CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 80 EAST MILES OF KANSAS CITY
...NEAR GLASGOW.

WEAKER STORMS WERE FOUND OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA AND NEAR EMPORIA KANSAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
MOZ004-008-090200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO
635 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH
MISSOURI AREAS...

AT 630PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI...TO 85 MILES EAST OF ST. JOSEPH.
...TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY NEAR CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS
CITY...FROM NEAR HARRISONVILLE MISSOURI TO NEAR ODESSA MISSOURI.

STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...25 MILES SOUTH OF
TOPEKA TO NEAR GRIDLEY KANSAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAYM PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAVEL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMoniteau, Morgan47 min
Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXBoone47 min
Jun 7, 7:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone3 hr
Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMoniteau29 min
Jun 7, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCole, Miller36 min
Jun 7, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMoniteau, Morgan45 min
Jun 7, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMoniteau33 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCole, Moniteau3 hr
Jun 7, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXCole, Miller30 min
Jun 7, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMoniteau18 min
Jun 8, 1:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXClay, Ray54 min
Jun 8, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXAndrew, Buchanan55 min
Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPettis44 min
Jun 8, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCooper, Morgan65 min
Jun 8, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WarningEAXMoniteau39 min
Jun 8, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXMiller, Morgan61 min
Jun 8, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCole63 min
Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXSaline44 min
Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXPulaski36 min
Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningEAXCarroll3 hr
Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningEAXCass, Jackson, Johnson57 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.