Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1990, 4:17 PM CDT for Gasconade County, Montgomery County, Missouri. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1990, 4:17 PM CDT (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1990, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Gasconade County, MO, Montgomery 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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 152117
SVRCOU
MOC073-139-152145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
417 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN GASCONADE...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY
AT 410 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HERMANN...
OR 30 EAST OF JEFFERSON CITY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LARGE HAIL
WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF HERMANN.
DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AND...
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PERLOW/LARMWhat 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, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MOZ008-152100 FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 250 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA EXPIRED AT 215 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE METRO AREA UNTIL 400 PM... AT 250 PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA WITH THE STONGER STORMS TO THE EAST OF THE CITY. MORE STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE METRO AREA ARE RUNNING BANK FULL OR ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE BIG BLUE RIVER IS IN FLOOD OR WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT MAY POINTS. STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 35.8 FEET AT 230 PM. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AND NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STR(EAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE... ON FOOT. RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA HAD RANGED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...UP TO 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF THE METRO AREA. SCHILLING
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MOZ008-152100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 250 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA EXPIRED AT 215 PM... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE METRO AREA UNTIL 400 PM... AT 250 PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA WITH THE STRONGER STORMS TO THE EAST OF THE CITY. MORE STORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE METRO AREA ARE RUNNING BANK FULL OR ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE BIG BLUE RIVER IS IN FLOOD OR WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT MANY POINTS. THE STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 35.8 FEET AT 230 PM. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AND NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE... ON FOOT. RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA HAD RANGED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...UP TO 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF THE METRO AREA. 4 SCHILLING
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:44 PM CDT, 33 minutes before
MOZ008-152200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 440 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND ST JOSEPH UNTIL 1100 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE METRO AREA AND ST JOSEPH UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING... MORE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WILL BE DEVELOPING IN KANSAS AND SPREADING INTO THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS THIS EVENING. MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE METRO AREA ARE RUNNING BANK FULL OR ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE BIG BLUE RIVER IS IN FLOOD OR WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT MANY POINTS. THE STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 37.4 FEET AT 330 PM...AND WAS NEAR CREST. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AND NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ON...ON FOOT. SCHILLING
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MOZ008-152200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 440 PM CDT TUE MAY 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND ST JOSEPH UNTIL 1100 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE METRO AREA AND ST JOSEPH UNTIL 1000 PM THIS EVENING... MORE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...WILL BE DEVELOPING IN KANSAS AND SPREADING INTO THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS THIS EVENING. MANY OF THE SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE METRO AREA ARE RUNNING BANK FULL OR ARE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THE BIG BLUE RIVER IS IN FLOOD OR WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT MANY POINTS. THE STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 37.4 FEET AT 330 PM...AND WAS NEAR CREST. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AND NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ON...ON FOOT. SCHILLING
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, 1:27 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, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Gasconade | 39 min |
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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.