Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1990, 8:48 AM CDT for Benton County, Hickory County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1990, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Hickory 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1316 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KCOU 141348
FFWCOU
MOC015-085-141715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
848 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
BENTON...HICKORY
RAINFALL OF OVER 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN THIS MORNING OVER BENTON AND
HICKORY COUNTIES. MANY ROADS ARE UNDER WATER AND MANY STREAMS ARE
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION WILL PERSIST UNTIL
AROUND NOON AS RAIN CONTINUES OVER BENTON AND HICORY COUNTIES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.c
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
GOEBELWhat 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 14, 3:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
MOZ004-008-140945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 330 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREA UNTIL 7 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING... AT 330 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WERE FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI SOUTHWESTWARD TO NEAR TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND ST JOSEPH AREAS DURING THE HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN DEKALB COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI AT 330 AM AND VERY HEAVY RAIN REPORTED IN THE CITY OF LEAVENWORTH KANSAS BY THE CITY POLICE AT 334AM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
MOZ004-008-140945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 345 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREA UNTIL 7 AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING... AT 330 AM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...NORTH OF THE RIVER. PAST HISTORY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS INDICATE THAT THEY WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE CITY AT 30 MPH. SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER NORTHERN NODAWAY AND NORTHERN WORTH COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHERN MISSOURI...IN AND AROUND THE MARYVILLE MISSOURI AREA ...LOCATED ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF ST. JOSEPH..BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3AM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF HAIL OR STRONG WINDS WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 330AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 5AM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA AS THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCING NEAR CONTINUOUS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
MOZ004-008-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 415 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS. AT 415AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF ST. JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY MISSOURI...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS SINCE MIDNIGHT...THEREFORE PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREAS THROUGH 530AM. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREA... BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. POOLE THESE STORMS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 330AM. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 5AM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE AREA AS THEY ARE ALSO PRODUCING NEAR CONTINUOUS...DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
MOZ004-008-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 415 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS. AT 415AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF ST. JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY MISSOURI...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS SINCE MIDNIGHT...THEREFORE PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 461. THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREAS THROUGH 530AM. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THE ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREA... BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
MOZ004-008-141045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 430 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 430 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND A SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOPEKA AND 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END IN THE ST JOSEPH AREA DURING THE HOUR AND ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 6AM THIS THURSDAY MORNING. SO FAR KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECIEVED ONE HALF INCH/ .50 / OF RAIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
MOZ004-008-141230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 645 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 630 AM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CLEARING THE METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY AREA...MOVING SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA AROUND 3AM PRODUCING /0.57/ INCH OF RAIN AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. /0.96/ INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEARNEY MISSOURI BETWEEN 4AM AND 6AM. HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS FELL OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI IN AND AROUND THE MARYVILLE AREA...WHERE PRELIMINARY MORNING REPORTS INDICATED TOTALS AT MARYVILLE OF /1.10/...BETHANY MISSOURI /1.43/... AND AT POLO MISSOURI... /1.92/. A BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED DURING MID MORNING INTO THE EARLY HALF OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF REDEVELOPMENT EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE AND PRODUCgE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE AREAS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSOURI...WHERE AN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE FRIDAY MORNING. POOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 10:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson | 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.