Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 1:06 PM CDT for Clay County, Ray County, Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 1373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMCI 081809
SVRMCI
MOC047-177-081900-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
106 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...EASTERN CLAY
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
...SOUTHERN RAY
AT 1PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY OF EXCELSIOR
SPRINGS MISSOURI...LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.
PERSONS IN THE CITY OF EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND RICHMOND MISSOURI SHOULD
BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE .A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
POOLEWhat 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 8, 10:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MOZ004-008-081645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 1030 AM CDT...A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING IN ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS NODAWAY COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI BY 1130 AM CDT THIS FRIDAY MORNING. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL TO 1/2 INCH AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA... SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...A VERY SMALL PART OF NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. MOVEMNT WAS TOWARDS THE EAST AT 45 MPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MOZ004-008-081730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1105 AM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...SMALL HAIL FALLING OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 11AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HIAWATHA KANSAS...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...AND NEAR BURLINGTON JUNCTION MISSOURI...75 MILES NORTH OF KANSAS CITY IN NODAWAY COUNTY. AT 1020 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT ROCKPORT MISSOURI... 75 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. AND AROUND 11AM...BURLINGTON JUNCTION REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 MPH. PERSONS LIVING IN DONIPHAN COUNTY OF KANSAS AND IN THE MISSOURI COUNTIES OF NODAWAY...WORTH AND GENTRY...SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PREPARED FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THAT AREA BY NOON. SOME OF THE LARGER CITIES LOCATED IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE TROY KANSAS...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...AND ALBANY IN MISSOURI. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:27 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
MOZ004-008-081830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1212 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS... AT 1215PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LOCATED BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS STRETCH FROM KANSAS CITY WEST TOWARDS TOPEKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...BRIEF &GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN AREAS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN COULD CAUSE LOWLAND AND BRIEF URBAN FLOODING. POOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Moniteau, Morgan | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Boone | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Boone | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Moniteau, Morgan | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Cole, Moniteau | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Cole, Miller | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 18 min |
| Jun 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Andrew, Buchanan | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pettis | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cooper, Morgan | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EAX | Moniteau | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Miller, Morgan | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Saline | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Pulaski | 36 min |
| Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Caldwell, Daviess, Livingston | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 57 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.