Alert archive / Kansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1990, 11:07 AM CDT for Johnson County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; Clay County, Jackson County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1990, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Johnson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Jackson 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 389 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KMCI 151612
FFWMCI
KSC091-209-MOC095-165-047-151915-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
1107 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...JOHNSON...WYANDOTTE
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
...JACKSON...PLATTE
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...CLAY
AT 1105 AM HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METRO
AREA. FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHERN SECTIONSOF KANSAS CITY.
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 SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.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, May 15, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 630 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 AM CDT... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI UNTIL 7AM... HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS AND IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY KANSAS WHILE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE BLUE RIDGE MALL IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING IN THOSE FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 15, 6:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 630 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 AM CDT... HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WERE MOVING ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS AND IN DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY KANSAS WHILE GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE BLUE RIDGE MALL IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI. HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING IN THOSE FLOOD PRONE AREAS. KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 1.01 INCHES OF RAIN WHILE SHAWNEE KANSAS REPORTED 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 15, 7:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 730 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AREA. FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOOD CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH OUT THE DAY. THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS NUMEROUS AREAS OF FLOODING AND AT ONE TIME HIGH WATER WAS REPORTED ON INTERSTAE 70 AT THE BROADWAY BRIDGE. OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS JUST TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS NORTHEAST K#ANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 15, 8:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 835 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTILL 10 AM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI. THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL...WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE ACROSS JOHNSON AND MIAMI COUNTY KANSAS AND JACKSON AND CASS COUNTY MISSOURI IN THE NEXT HOUR. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A WIDESPREAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION WHICH COVERED MOST OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 15, 9:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 935 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 50 MILES SOUTH...AND 25 MILES WEST OF KANSAS CITY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE IN NORTHEAST KANSAS...40 MILES TO THE WEST OF ST JOSEPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA BY 1030AM. HOWEVER...FLOODING WILL BE A PROBLEM IN LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST KANSAS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY AREA AND THE ST JOSEPH AREA BY 1030 AM. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE LIKEY TO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.
Special weather statement, May 15, 10:13 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1000 AM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST MISSOURI INCLUDING BOTH THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 6PM... NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN OBSERVED IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD END WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO HEAVY RUNOFF. AT 10 AM THE STAGE ON THE BLUE RIVER AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS AT 24 FEET AND RISING. AT 1006 AM...THE LEED`S DISTRICT ON THE BLUE RIVER IS BEING EVACUATED DUE TO HIGH WATER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 11:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Leavenworth | 3 hr |
| May 14, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | St. Clair | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson | 30 min |
| May 15, 10:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Moniteau, Morgan | 2 hr |
| May 15, 11:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Platte | 3 hr |
| May 15, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper | 69 min |
| May 15, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Hickory | 69 min |
| May 15, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard | 62 min |
| May 15, 1:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cooper, Howard, Saline | 3 hr |
| May 15, 1:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pettis | 3 hr |
| May 15, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 33 min |
| May 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Callaway | 32 min |
| May 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| May 15, 2:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain, Callaway | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 15, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade | 39 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Kansas, 1990Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.