Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 1:41 PM CDT for Boone County, Cole County, Moniteau County, Missouri. It was in force for 64 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 7, 1990, 1:41 PM CDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Boone County, MO, Cole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Moniteau, MO | |
| Jun 7, 2:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Moniteau, MO | |
| Jun 7, 2:22 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Cole, 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1852 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 071841
SVRCOU
MOC019-051-135-071945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
141 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
SOUTHERN BOONE...COLE...MONITEAU
AT 140 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBIA NEAR CALIFORNIA MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS
IT MOVED THROUGH TIPTON AT 130 PM.
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.
LA GREE/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, Jun 7, 7:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 750 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM... AT 735 AM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE FROM KANSAS CITY TO CHILLICOTHE IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE DAVIESS-LIVINGSTON COUNTY LINE... 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL EARLIER THIS MORNING. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL AFFECT MUCH OF GRUNDY AND LIVINGSTON COUNTIES BY 815 AM. HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS... WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI THIS MORNING... USE EXTRA CAUTION AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE MOVING WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO LOCATED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI BETWEEN BOONVILLE AND ST. LOUIS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF NEBRASKA... AND OVER PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA. MOVEMENT OF ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
MOZ004-008-071630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 920 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 915AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM OUT OF NORTHEAST KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE WOULD INDICATE IT WOULD TAKE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE KANSAS CITY AREA NORTHWARD TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OVER THE COUNTIES OF CLAY...RAY...CARROLL...CLINTON... BUCHANAN...DEKALB...AND DAVIES...WHERE HEAVY RAINS FELL WEDNESDAY AND EARLY THIS MORNING. PERSONS LIVING NEAR SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WATER LEVELS TODAY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING CONDITIONS THREATEN. A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MISSOURI REMAINS IN AN AREA OF POTENTIALLY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TODAY...AS WELL AS...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
MOZ004-008-071630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 940 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6PM FOR NORTHWEST MISSOURI INCLUDING ST JOSEPH AND KANSAS CITY... AT 930 AM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI...NORTH OF A LINE FROM WEATHERBY MISSOURI...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY... EXTENDING NORTH AND WEST TO OMAHA NEBRASKA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING IN NORTHEAST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM SENECA KANSAS...60 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY... NORTHWARD TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT OF THESE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLY SOME HAIL..AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH NOON. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 10:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MOZ004-008-071830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1030 AM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...MODERATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH METROPOLITAN AREAS TODAY... A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL COUPLE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER BOTH METROPOLITAN AREAS OF KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN TODAYS WEATHER WILL BE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES IT WOULD TAKE BETWEEN 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL WEDNESDAY AND EARLIER THIS MORNING...WOULD TAKE LESSER AMOUNTS TO ENTER INTO A FLOODING SITUATION. AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN AT THIS TIME LIE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CLAY...RAY...CARROLL...CLINTON...BUCHANAN...DEKALB... AND DAVIES IN MISSOURI...AS WELL AS LEAVENWORTH COUNTY IN KANSAS. PERSONS IN THESE COUNTIES THAT RECEIVED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN WEDNESDAY...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP. POOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Macon | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Audrain | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Pettis | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller, Osage | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Maries | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Chariton, Randolph | 20 min |
| Jun 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Audrain, Boone | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 1990Every severe thunderstorm 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.