Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 6:48 PM CDT for Cass County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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 8, 1990, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson 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 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Hail 2 | Cass, 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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 082350
SVRMCI
MOC095-037-101-090045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
648 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI
...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI
...NORTHEASTERN CASS...WESTERN JOHNSON
AT 640PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT RAYMORE
MISSOURI...LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH .
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE KANSAS CITY
MISSOURI.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CaONDITIONS.
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, 3:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 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, 2 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MOZ004-008-090030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 530 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS... AT 530PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIAWATHA KANSAS ...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI...IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA ...TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY NEAR CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 80 EAST MILES OF KANSAS CITY ...NEAR GLASGOW. WEAKER STORMS WERE FOUND OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA AND NEAR EMPORIA KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:40 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MOZ004-008-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS... AT 630PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI...TO 85 MILES EAST OF ST. JOSEPH. ...TO 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY NEAR CHILLICOTHE MISSOURI. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...FROM NEAR HARRISONVILLE MISSOURI TO NEAR ODESSA MISSOURI. STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO NEAR GRIDLEY KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAYM PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
MOZ004-008-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS... AT 630PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI...TO 85 MILES EAST OF ST. JOSEPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...FROM NEAR HARRISONVILLE MISSOURI TO NEAR ODESSA MISSOURI. STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO NEAR GRIDLEY KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAINV AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 6:43 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
MOZ004-008-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM FOR THE KANSAS CITY AND ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI AREAS... AT 630PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR ST. JOSEPH MISSOURI...TO 85 MILES EAST OF ST. JOSEPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...FROM NEAR HARRISONVILLE MISSOURI TO NEAR ODESSA MISSOURI. STRONG STORMS WERE ALSO OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...25 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA TO NEAR GRIDLEY KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN AS XTHEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. HAVEL
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, 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 |
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.