Alert archive / Missouri / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1990, 2:20 PM CDT for Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 55 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 15, 1990, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1990, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Miller 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 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Miller, 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
Springfield, MO (KUMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -352 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 151920
SVRCOU
MOC131-152015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
220 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
MILLER
AT 215 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
JEFFERSON CITY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TREES
WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AT STOVER IN MORGAN
COUNTY AT 205 PM.
PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY OFF OF THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS FOR EMERGENCY. DO NOT USE ELECTICAL APPLIANCES
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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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 15, 12:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1200 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...40 TO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS EXPERIENCED IN LEAVENWORTH KANSAS... AT NOON CDT...LEAVENWORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER CONFIRMED BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AROUND FT. LEAVENWORTH THAT REACHED 48 MPH IN STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER REPORTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE JOHNSON COUNTY AIRPORT AND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS NEAR OLATHE AND AT THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PERSONS IN THE METROPOLITAN KANSAS CITY AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH THROUGH 1PM...WITH PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 1235 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN KANSAS UNTIL 200 PM...NOT INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY AND ST JOSEPH AREAS... AT 1230 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 80 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR BLUE MOUND KANSAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY TO 70 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA AND 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KANSAS CITY...JUST SOUTH OF CONCORDIA MISSOURI. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES SOUTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO 120 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. THE MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AS STORMS DUMP LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. BE AWARE OF RISING WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THRU WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MOZ008-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 100 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...51 MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN KANSAS CITY... STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA ON THE BACK SIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST MISSOURI. AT 1223 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED A 51 MPH WIND GUST. WINDS GUSTED TO 30 MPH AND ABOVE FOR A 45 MINUTE PERIOD THAT BEGAN AROUND 1215PM AT THE WEATHER OFFICE. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF KANSAS CITY THROUGH 3PM. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXCERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE STRONG WINDS. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:25 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MOZ008-151900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 115 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA... AT 115PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE METRO SINCE 7AM THIS MORNING HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 1/2 INCH TO 11/2 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS FALLING OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST AREAS OF THE CITY...SOUTH OF OLATHE KANSAS. STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO GUSTED TO AROUND 50 MPH WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THE KANSAS CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT RAINFALL SOUTH OF BLUE SPRINGS MISSOURI...LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...HAS PROMPTED THE CLOSING OF HIGHWAY 7 TWO MILES SOUTH OF BLUE SPRINGS MISSOURI WHERE WATER IS REPORTED ACROSS THE ROAD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID SAY THAT THIS IS A EXTREMELY LOW AREA THAT IS KNOWN TO FLOOD FREQUENTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF MAJOR FLOODING ANYWHERE IN THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. IT APPEARS THAT THE BACK SIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS NOW LIES ON THE WEST HORIZON...VISIBLE FROM THE WEATHER OFFICE AT THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO END OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CITY BY 2PM WITH THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS CLEARING AFTER 3PM. THUNDERSTORMS MAY AGAIN DEVELOP THIS EVENING SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDAT(ED FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 1:39 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MOZ004-008-151945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 135 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... AT 125 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 100 MILES SOUTH OF KANSAS CITY...NEAR FORT SCOTT KANSAS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS TO OLATHE KANSAS. THESE STORMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOPLIN MISSOURI TO 120 MILES EAST OF KANSAS CITY. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AS STORMS DUMP LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. BE AWARE OF RISING WA>TER IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THRU WATER COVERING ROADWAYS. HAVEL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:17 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
KSZ015-008-152030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 210 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS... AT 210PM...REPORTS FROM THE LEAVENWORTH COUNTY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR...SUPPORTED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR...INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL IS MOVING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST LEAVENSORTH COUNTY...SOUTH OF TONGANOXIE KANSAS...LOCATED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KANSAS CITY. THIS STORM PRODUCED SMALL PEA SIZE HAIL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVED JUST TO THE EAST OF LAWRENCE KANSAS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVING ACROSS WESTERN SECTIONS OF JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS BETWEEN 230PM AND 330PM. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO EFFECT THE OLATHE KANSAS AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...THAT MAYn PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT IN LOWLAND AND STREET FLOODING. POOLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cole | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.