Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1990, 3:11 PM CDT for Johnson County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1990, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnson 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 2161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 809 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI
311 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
...EASTERN JOHNSON
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF OLATHE AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST SE OF
OLATHE BY THE JOHNSON COUNTY CIVIL DEFENCE DIRECTOR
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.What 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 14, 10:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1035 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 1030 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ALSO IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...IN AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY JUST EAST OF CLINTON MISSOURI. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF #ST JOSEPH MISSOURI...AND EXTENDING TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MOZ001-004-141645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1035 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 1030 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ALSO IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WAS IN A 100 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 50 MILES WEST OF ST LOUIS MISSOURI. AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...IN AN 80 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY JUST EAST OF CLINTON MISSOURI. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI...AND EXTENDED TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA. THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ATCHISON AND HOLT COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN CAUSE FLOODING IN ILOW LYING AREAS. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE THRU AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 11:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MOZ004-008-141745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1135 AM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 1130 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...ALSO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA. A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS 50 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR CHILLHOWEE MISSOURI. LA CYGNE KANSAS...55 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...HAD RECEIVED 2.45 INCHES OF RAIN BY 11 AM THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS AREAS WHERE THE GROUND MAY ALREADY BE SATURATED CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THRU AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MOZ001-004-008-009-013-141845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1235 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 1230 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND EASTERN KANSAS. A 40 MILE WIDE AREA OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 30 NORTHEAST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI. A SECOND AREA OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS 45 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 65 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR CHILLHOWEE MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO 25 MILES NORTH OF JOPLIN MISSOURI...NEAR CHEROKEE KANSAS AND LAMAR MISSOURI. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILE AN HOUR. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THRU WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
MOZ001-004-008-009-013-141945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 135 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 130 PM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS CENTRAL...WEST CENTRAL...AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI...AND EASTERN KANSAS. AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS 30 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 20 MILES WEST OF ST JOSEPH MISSOURI TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THRU THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. A SECOND AREA OF VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR LE ROY AND COLONY KANSAS...AND WILL BE MOVING INTO LINN COUNTY KANSAS IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS...NEAR ARMA AND COLUMBUS KANSAS. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED GROUND CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. BE AWARE OF RISING WATERW IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THRU WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:29 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
MOZ008-142030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 225 PM CDT THU JUN 14 1990 AT 220 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND TOPEKA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE METRO AREA THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATD WITH HEAVY RAIN. SOME STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN LEAVENWORTH ...WAYANDOTTE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES IN KANSAS BETWEEN 230 PM AND 430 PM THIS AFTENOON AND IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA ...IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI...AFTER 330 PM. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING AND NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOWING WATERS OF ANY DEPTH. RAINFALL AMOUTNTS THIS MORING ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA RANGED FROM 3/4 TO AROUND 2 INCHES. SCHILLING
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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.