Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1990, 11:44 AM CDT for Linn County, Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1990, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Linn County, KS
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, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 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.
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1144 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...LINN
AT 1140AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE
APPROACHING LINN COUNTY KANSAS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE HAD A PAST HSITORY OF PRODUCING TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL
IN LESS THAN A 2 HOUR PERIOD. THIS ESTIMATE OF RAINFALL THAT IS
PROJECTED TO FALL WILL EXCEED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE FOR THAT AREA AND
WILL PROMPT THE NEED FOR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL INCLUDE THE TOWN OF MOUND CITY...LOCATED
ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY.
PERSONS IN LINN COUNTY KANSAS SHOULD EXPECT STREET FLOODING TO HAMPER
SAFE TRAVEL...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS TO OVERFLOW BANKS...AND LOW
LYING AREAS TO FLOOD QUICKLY. IT IS VITAL THAT PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM
AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH
FLOODING SITUATION. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH 3 TO 4PM.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
POOLEWhat 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 15, 9:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 935 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 PM...NOT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... AT 932 AM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. WIND SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WERE REPORTED AT SILVER LAKE KANSAS...JUST WEST OF TOPEKA AND 70 MPH WIND AT WAMEGO KANSAS...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSOURI...SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHERN IOWA. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO 45 MILES NORTH OF KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI...IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AS STORMS DUMP LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1000 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI TODAY... A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS SITUATION CONTINUES TO EXIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH RAIN...SOME HEAVY...APPROACHING NORTHWEST MISSOURI FROM OUT OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AT 1000AM. ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THAT WILL FALL TODAY WILL DO SO ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IN MANY AREAS OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WOULD INDICATE THAT IT WOULD TAKE FROM A 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL IN ANY 3 HOUR PERIOD TO BEGIN FLASH FLOODING. WITH THE INTENSITY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FROM THE WEST...THIS IS A HIGH PROBABILITY. PERSONS IN LINN AND MIAMI COUNTIES OF KANSAS... JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...SHOULD BEGIN PREPARATION FOR THESE STORMS ENTERING THEIR AREAS BETWEEN 1130AM AND 1230PM. FLASH FLOOD OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS...AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED FROM 60 TO 80 MPH WINDS IN LOCATIONS JUST TO THE WEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. SOME EARLY MORNING RAINFALL TOTALS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMONG THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS INCLUDE... THESE TOTALS ARE BASED ON 24 HOUR READINGS ENDING AT 7AM THIS MORNING. APPLETON CITY 1.51 NEVADA .22 BOONVILLE .10 PATTONSBURG 1.48 BUTLER .87 ST. JOSEPH .15 COLOMA 1.33 SHAWNEE KS .90 DREXEL 3.00 SKIDMORE .13 EXCELSIOR SPRINGS .10 STILLWELL KS 1.30 FAIRFAX .52 URICH 2.10 KCI .44 VALLEY CITY 1.57 LEXINGTON .03 MARYVILLE .08 FROM THE OVERLAND PARK FLASH FLOOD ALERT SYSTEM... OVERLAND PARK CITY HALL 1.30 OLATHE KS 1.42 CORPORATE WOODS 1.26 JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1.22 POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:42 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1035 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 PM...NOT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... AT 1030 AM...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WAS BETWEEN TOPEKA AND LAWRENCE KANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF EMPORIA KANSAS. THIS STORM IS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND SOUTHERN IOWA. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA TO NEAR KIRKSVILLE MISSOURI...IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AS STORMS DUMP LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE TH'RU WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:37 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1135 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 PM...NOT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... AT 1130 AM...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLY HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WERE 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY... BETWEEN LAWRENCE AND OLATHE KANSAS AND EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO 55 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS...NEAR LE ROY KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS...NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM 55 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 110 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AS STORMS DUMP LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TnO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THRU WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. HAVEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 61 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.