Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Maries County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1990, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gasconade County, MO, Maries 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 3399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 090241
FFWCOU
MOC073-141-125-131-090545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
941 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
GASCONADE...
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
MORGAN...MARIES...MILLER...
AT 930PM TORRENTIAL RAINS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA OVER ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND. ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
SOME ROADS ARE UNDERWATER IN SOME AREAS.
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 QUICKLMY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
MORSE/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, Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 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, 5 hours 10 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, 4 hours 1 minute 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, 3 hours 1 minute 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 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. 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 MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINV AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 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. 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 MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS XTHEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Holt | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 7:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Ray | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Benton, Morgan | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cass | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Montgomery, Osage | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Cooper, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Callaway, Cole, Montgomery, Osage | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miller, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Henry | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Bates, Henry | 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.