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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Kansas City, MO

March 14, 1990Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS Kansas City, MO issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 1990, 8:11 PM CST for Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 1990, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 1990, 8:45 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Kansas City, MO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 305 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-03-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 1990-03-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
102 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCOU 150213 RRA
TORCOU
MOC019-027-150245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA MO
811 PM CST WED MAR 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
          ...EAST CENTRAL BOONE...CALLAWAY
 
POSSIBLE TORNADOES REPORTED BY THE MILLERSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT...
SPOTTER REPORTS POSIBBLE TORNADOES JOST EAST OF COLUMBIA NEAR EL
CHAPARAL... TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND JUST SOUTH OF HALLSVILLE BY
COLUMBIA EOC... APPARENT MOVEMENT IS TOWARD THE NORTH...
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Kansas City, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXBoone31 min
Mar 14, 7:04 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau3 hr
Mar 14, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningEAXAudrain26 min
Mar 14, 10:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXBoone, Cole, Moniteau4 hr
Mar 14, 10:22 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningEAXCallaway4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.