Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Kansas City, MO
NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT for Cole County, Miller County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 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 7, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Kansas City, MO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cole County, MO, 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 7, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2891 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCOU 080230
TORCOU
MOC051-131-080300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
930 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MISSOURI
EXTREME SOUTHWEST COLE...NORTHERN MILLER
AT 925 POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR OLEAN MISSOURI ABOUT 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PERSONS IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD TAKE COVER
IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT AWAY FROM FLYING
DEBRIS AND' COVER YOUR HEAD. IN A HOUSE...TAKE SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MORSEWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 7, 6:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 645 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 630 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 25 MILES WEST OF EMPORIA NORTHEAST TO 25 MILES EAST OF TOPEKA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS... 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAWRENCE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR BOONVILLE NORTHEAST TO 15 MILES EAST OF MOBERLY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS IN KANSAS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA... IN LEAVENWORTH... WYANDOTTE... AND JOHNSON COUNTIES BY 800 PM. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 720 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 705 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF WICHITA NEAR FLORENCE NORTHEAST TO NEAR OLATHE. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR EMPORIA... 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR OVERBROOK... AND 5 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE. THESE STORMS HAD ALSO PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER SOUTHWEST PARTS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY KANSAS EARLIER THIS EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA IN LEAVENWORTH WYANDOTTE... AND JOHNSON COUNTIES BY 800 PM. RAPID F5LOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS LIKELY WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 755 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MISSOURI UNTIL 900 PM... AT 730 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF WICHITA NORTHEAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF OLATHE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF EMPORIA... 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOPEKA NEAR OVERBROOK... AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAWRENCE NEAR BALDWIN CITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE METRO AREA... IN JOHNSON COUNTY KANSAS... AND WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN JACKSON AND CASS COUNTIES IN MISSOURI BY 800 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PARTS OF JOHNSON AND MIAMI COUNTIES IN KANSAS BY 830 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND POSSIBLY HAIL... IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. THIS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED FROM THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS AREA NORTHEAST THROUGH COLUMBIA TO NEAR HANNIBAL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. LONGNECKER
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 820 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE NIGHT... AT 810 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THE STRONGESTS STORMS WERE ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAWERENCE KANSAS AND SCATTERED TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOS AND LARGE HAIL EARLIER. STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE KANSAS CITY METRO AREA WITH MOST ACTIVITY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FLOOD STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:41 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 840 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE NIGHT... AT 830 PM...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER EASTCENTRAL KANSAS AND WERE BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 TO 15 MILES WEST AND SOUTH OF OLATHE KANSAS AND OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED TO THE NORTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FUNNEL CLOUDS...AND A FEW TORNADOES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR... AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOPE OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE METRO AREA... VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL...IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. WITH MOST ACTIVITY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS.
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MOZ004-008-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MO 920 PM CDT THU JUN 7 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN KANSAS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI UNTIL MIDNIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI THROUGH THE NIGHT... AT 910 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS AND WERE MOVING INTO WESTCENTRAL MISSOURI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY...ENTERING WESTERN LEAVENWORTY COUNTY...AND 40 MILES NORTH OF TOPEKA KANSAS. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF TOPEKA KANSAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND A FEW TORNDAOS WERE REPORTED EARLIER OVER EASTCENTRAL KANSAS. STORMS ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FLOOD STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS.
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, 9:42 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 |
| Jun 8, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EAX | Cass, Jackson, Johnson | 57 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Missouri, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes 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.