Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 1:27 PM CDT for Boone County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1990, 1:27 PM CDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, MO, Moniteau County, MO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1:39 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Boone, MO |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 1151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 151827
SVRCOU
MOC019-135-151900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
127 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
BOONE...NORTHERN MONITEAU
AT 120 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
20 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBIA TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED HALF-INCH HAIL AT ROCHEPORT ALONG
WITH STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER WESTERN BOONE COUNTY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERpSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
IF YOU ARE IN BOONE OR NORTHERN MONITEAU COUNTY MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY NOW. TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
GOEBELWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, 7:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 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, 4 hours 39 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, 3 hours 39 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, 3 hours 14 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 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 | Clay, Jackson | 3 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, 1:58 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.