Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:22 PM CDT for Doniphan County, Kansas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Doniphan County, KS
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
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TTAA00 KMCI 082223 RRA
SVRMCI
KSC043-082330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
522 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST KANSAS
...DONIPHAN
AT 520PM CDT...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED EAST OF HIAWATHA
KANSAS...LOCATED 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH. THIS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO TROY KANSAS BY 600PM CDT.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, 12:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 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, 2 hours 18 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, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 27 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:31 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MOZ004-008-082330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 425 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS... AT 425PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM NEAR FALLS CITY NEBRASKA...LOCATED ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...SOUTHEAST THROUGH PLATTSBURG AND CARROLLTON MISSOURI TO JUST NORTH OF MARSHALL MISSOURI...ABOUT 70 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. FURTHER REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS. BY 6PM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER BETWEEN FALLS CITY NEBRASKA AND CONCORDIA KANSAS WITH STORMS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST INTO THE TOPEKA AND KANSAS CITY AREAS. . BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. POOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Doniphan | 55 min |
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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.