Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1990, 3:25 PM CDT for Chariton County, Randolph County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1990, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chariton County, MO, Randolph 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 581 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 072025
SVRCOU
MOC041-175-072130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
325 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
EASTERN CHARITON...RANDOLPH
AT 320PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 40 SOUTHEAST OF KIRKSVILLE...
OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOBERLY MOVING EAST AT 25MPH.
PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY OFF OF THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS FOR EMERGENCY. DO NOT USE ELECTICAL APPLIANCES
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING.
LAGREE/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, 9:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 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, 5 hours 36 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, 4 hours 39 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
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MOZ004-008-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 315 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI INTO TONIGHT... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXTEND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS FOR BOTH METROPOLITAN AREAS OF KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI THIS THURSDAY EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN THE WEATHER WILL BE THE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES IT WOULD TAKE BETWEEN 2.3 TO 2.8 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...POSSIBLY AS LITTLE AS 1 TO 2 INCHES. 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, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone, Cole, Moniteau | 64 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.