Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 4:27 PM CDT for Cole County, Missouri. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cole 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -491 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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 082127
SVRCOU
MOC051-082230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
427 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
SOUTHERN COLE
AT 425 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.
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.
LARM/LA GREEWhat 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, 11:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 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, 4 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 300PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OUT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS IS LOCATED FROM NEAR HIAWATHA KANSAS...35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH TO PLATTSBURG MISSOURI...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINS. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ESPECIALLY IN LOWLYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA OF ST. JOSEPH THROUGH 345PM. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 300PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OUT OF EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS INTO NORTHWEST MISSOURI. THE AREA OF STRONG STORMS IS LOCATED FROM NEAR HIAWATHA KANSAS...35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH TO PLATTSBURG MISSOURI...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE A PAST HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINS. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ESPECIALLY IN LOWLYING AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA OF ST. JOSEPH THROUGH 345PM. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:43 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI... AT 330PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI FROM JUST WEST OF MOUND CITY MISSOURI...ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF CARROLLTON MISSOURI ...LOCATED 50 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE STRONGER STORMS ARE LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY OF MISSOURI... WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THRESHOLD OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING...IF THEY FOLLOW THE PATH OF EARLIER STORMS THAT TURNED SOUTHEAST. PERSONS IN SOUTHERN BUCHANAN...CLINTON..NORTHERN RAY AND POSSIBLY CLAY COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE FLOODING IN AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. ATNOTHER AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF SEDALIA MISSOURI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH AREAS UNTIL 8 PM. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:55 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 345 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS... AT 345PM...RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS IMMEDIATELY THREATENING THE ST. JOSEPH OR KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREAS. THE ATMOSPHERE THOUGH REMAINS EXTREMELY UNSTABLE ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS. BY 6PM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER BETWEEN FALLS CITY NEBRASKA AND CONCORDIA KANSAS WITH STORMS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE TOPEKA ANDd KANSAS CITY AREAS. 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, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Clay, Ray | 54 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, 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.