Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 10:50 PM EDT for Dearborn County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports 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 2, 1990, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dearborn County, IN, Ripley County, IN
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 2, 10:57 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Dearborn, IN | |
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | Tornado F4 | Dearborn, IN |
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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCVG 030250
TORCVG
INC029-137-030315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COVINGTON KY
1050 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF INDIANA
DEARBORN...RIPLEY
AT 1045 PM EDT RIPLEY COUNTY POLICE REPORTED TREES AND BUILDINGS
DAMAGED 5 MILES WEST OF OSGOOD.
A TORNADO WAS ALSO REPORTED 5 MILES WEST OF VERSAILLES.
MOVEMENT OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS EASTNORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
JNWhat 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 2, 6:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-022300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 627 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN A LINE FROM NEAR LEXINGTON KENTUCKY TO JUST EAST OF CINCINNATI AT 620 PM EDT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CINCINNATI AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS MAY EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MILES AN HOUR...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH EASTERN HAMILTON...CLERMONT AND BROWN COUNTIES OF OHIO AND BRACKEN AND MASON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 630 PM EDT AND 7 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NO`RTHERN KENTUCKY'S GREATER CINCINNATI COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-022345 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 800 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA THIS EVENING. AT 652 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS LINED UP ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO...FROM BATAVIA OHIO IN CLERMONT COUNTY TO MAYSVILLE AND BEREA KENTUCKY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CLINTON...WARREN...HIGHLAND AND ADAMS COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO BEFORE 730 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY CAUSE POWER INTERRUPTION...AND DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE SOME STANDING WATER AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ006-030130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 733 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE APPROACHING CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 720 PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NEAR WILMINGTON SOUTHEAST TO PORTSMOUTH THEN SOUTH INTO KENTUCKY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH FAYETTE AND ROSS COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM EDT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LVW
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:48 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ005-010-030300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 847 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY...EXCEPT FOR GREENE...CLARK AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 845 PM EDT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF INDIANA. MOST OF THE AREA WAS WEST OF A LINE FROM FORT WAYNE TO MUNCIE TO BLOOMINGTON. THE AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN OHIO BETWEEN 930 AND 10 PM EDT. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...HAIL AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS THIS AREA MOVED ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. TORRENCE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 850 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING HEADED TOWARD SOUTHEAST INDIANA. AT 840 PM EDT NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE MOSTLY WEST AND NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BREAKING OUT SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA. THE NORTH TO SOUTH LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AREA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA COUNTIES AROUND 10 PM EDT...AND MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AROUND 1030 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY'S AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED USE YOUR SAFETY PLAN IF STORMS BECOME SEVERE TONIGHT. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 9:53 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-030215 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 954 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 A SERIOUS OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES WERE RACING TOWARDS SOUTHEAST INDIANA. AT 930 PM EDT NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE COMING OUT OF SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS LINE OF SEVERE WEATHER EXTENDED FROM FORT WAYNE SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF EVANSVILLE IN INDIANA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN JACKSON COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS PRESENT RATE THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 1030 PM. THE TRACK OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA WILL MOVE FARTHER INTO THE GREATER CINCINNATI AREA BY 1130 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND A PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND BUTLER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...TORNADOES DEVELOP FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOUR AREA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KEENEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Ripley | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 11:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ripley | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 12:15 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ohio | 45 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 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.