Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 5:43 AM CDT for Caldwell County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Caldwell County, MO, Ray 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 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 061043
SVRMCI
MOC025-177-061130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INT'L AIRPORT MO
543 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MISSOURI
SOUTHERN CALDWELL...NORTHERN RAY
AT 530 AM CDT... GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT LAWSON MISSOURI
IN NORTHWEST RAY COUNTY.
HEAVY RAINS WILL QUICKLY FLOOD SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
1 FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY MM AND SALEM
ROAD NEAR LAWSON MISSOURI. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER...
EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
MSL/LTHWhat 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, Jun 6, 5:18 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
MOZ008-005-061100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 515 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 900 AM CDT... AT 505 AM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RAY COUNTY... IN WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND SOME FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITIES OF LAWSON...VIBBARD AND UNION IN RAY COUNTY SHOULD BE RECIEVING VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION. OTHER SHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA... AND ALONG THE MISSOURI-IOWA BORDER NORzTH OF MARYVILLE MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:20 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
MOZ008-005-061100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 519 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 900 AM CDT... AT 505 AM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RAY COUNTY... IN WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND SOME FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITIES OF LAWSON...VIBBARD AND UNION IN RAY COUNTY SHOULD BE RECIEVING VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION.
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:21 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
MOZ008-005-061100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 521 AM CDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS UNTIL 900 AM CDT... AT 505 AM...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST CLAY COUNTY AND NORTHWEST RAY COUNTY... IN WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS AND SOME FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE COUNTIES. THE COMMUNITIES OF LAWSON...VIBBARD AND UNION IN RAY COUNTY SHOULD BE RECIEVING VERY HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE VERY CAREFUL. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS MOVING WATER...EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Holt | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 8:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 6, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Platte | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 8:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Jackson, Ray | 49 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.