Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1990, 10:09 AM CDT for Benton County, Pettis County, Missouri. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1990, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1990, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MO, Pettis 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 446 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 161509
SVRCOU
MOC015-159-161545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
1009 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
NORTHERN BENTON...SOUTHERN PETTIS
AT 10AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF SEDALIA TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF SEDALIA...NEAR WARSAW MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INSIDE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTOR+MS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF ONE IS SIGHTED.
GOEBEL/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 16, 4:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
MOZ004-008-161045 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 430AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 AT 430 AM...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE GREATER KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS HAS BEEN CANCELED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTHEAST OF A MACON MISSOURI TO YATES CENTER KANSAS LINE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 35MPH.
Special weather statement, May 16, 7:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MOZ-008-162100 FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 756 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 FLOOD STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BIG BLUE RIVER THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN KANSAS CITY REMAINDS IN FLOOD THIS MORNING. AT 7AM THE RIVER STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 37 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. THE RIVER WILL FALL SLOWLY THIS MORNING AT BANNISTER ROAD BUT WILL NOT CREST UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LOWER REACHES OF THE RIVER. AT 40 HIWAY... FORECAST CREST OF 38 FEET AT NOON WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. AT 23RD STREET... FORECAST CREST OF 36 FEET AT 1PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. AT MANCHESTER AVE...FORECAST CREST OF 34 FEET AT 2PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS; 16 FEET. AT TRUMAN ROAD... FORECAST CREST OF 30 FEET AT 3PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STATE IS 18 FEET. AT ARMCO STEEL... FORECAST CREST OF 15.5 FEET AT 4PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET. HANNER
Special weather statement, May 16, 8:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MOZ-008-162100 FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT, MO 810 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 FLOOD STATEMENT CONCERNING THE BIG BLUE RIVER..UPDATED... THE BIG BLUE RIVER IN KANSAS CITY REMAINDS IN FLOOD THIS MORNING. AT 7AM THE RIVER STAGE AT BANNISTER ROAD WAS 37 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. THE RIVER WILL FALL SLOWLY THIS MORNING AT BANNISTER ROAD BUT WILL NOT CREST UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON ON THE LOWER REACHES OF THE RIVER. AT 40 HIWAY... FORECAST CREST OF 43 FEET AT NOON WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS 21 FEET. AT 23RD STREET... FORECAST CREST OF 39 FEET AT 1PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS 18 FEET. AT MANCHESTER AVE...FORECAST CREST OF 37 FEET AT 2PM WEDNESDAY FLEOOD STAGE IS 16 FEET. AT TRUMAN ROAD... FORECAST CREST OF 33 FEET AT 3PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STATE IS 18 FEET. AT ARMCO STEEL... FORECAST CREST OF 18 FEET AT 4PM WEDNESDAY FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET. HANNER
Special weather statement, May 16, 9:34 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
RADAR SUMMARY AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO. 930 AM CDT WED MAY 16 1990 AT 925 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A 45 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 65 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS TO 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR STOVER MISSOURI. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE HARRISONVILLE...URICH AND COLE CAMP MISSOURI. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. AT 910 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BUTLER MISSOURI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson, Platte | 3 hr |
| May 15, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Jackson | 27 min |
| May 15, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Boone | 29 min |
| May 15, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Callaway, Montgomery | 31 min |
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Benton, Cooper, Morgan, Pettis | 3 hr |
| May 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Saline | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Miller | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Gasconade, Maries, Montgomery, Osage | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 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.