Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1990, 8:12 PM CDT for Grayson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 20, 1990, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1990, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Grayson County, KY
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Grayson, KY |
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1061 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 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 KEVV 210113
SVREVV
KYC085-210145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
812 PM CDT FRI JUL 20 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...GRAYSON
AT 815 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF
LEITCHFIELD MOVING EAST TO CLARKSVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS IS 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE\ TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.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, Jul 20, 3:34 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
INZ009>013-202130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST FRI JUL 20 1990 RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHELBYVILLE NEAR FAIRLAND AT 330 PM EST. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF RUSHVILLE. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN... HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WHICH COULD BLOW AWAY LOOOSE OBJECTS AND SNAP SOME TREE LIMBS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE SHELBY COUNTY STORM WILL PASS THROUGH SHELBYVILLE AND ST PAUL BETWEEN 325 AND 400 PM WHILE THE RUSH COUNTY STORM MOVES THROUGH ANDERSONVILLE...LAUREL AND CONNERSVILLE. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO xTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
INZ009>013-202200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 417 PM EST FRI JUL 20 1990 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF SULLIVAN TO THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BLOOMINGTON AND FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS TO 5 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBURG TO NEAR BROOKVILLE LAKE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN SANDBORN...NEWBERRY... COLUMBUS...GREENSBURG AND BROOKVILLE SHOULD STAY INDOORS TIL AROUND 5PM WHILE THE STORMS PASS. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF MONROE LAKE AND SEEK SHELTER FROM THE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 4:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
INZ009>013-202230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 450 PM EST FRI JUL 20 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WERE POPPING UP ALONG INTERSTATE 70 IN CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 445 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALOMG A LINE FROM WEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO JUST EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER STORMS WERE IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN BLOOMFIELD AND BLOOMINGTON AND IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHELBYVILLE TO BROOKVILLE. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING E+AST AT 30 MPH. GET INDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF MONROE LAKE TIL THE STORMS PASS. LIGHTNING CAN KILL. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 5:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
INZ009>013-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 530 PM EST FRI JUL 20 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ALONG INTERSTATE 70 IN CENTRAL AND WESTCENTRAL INDIANA EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 520 PM EST RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG A LINE FROM WEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO JUST EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH CAN FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. INDIANA STATE POLICE REPORTED SMALL HAIL IN SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY AT 525 PM. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. GET INDOORS WHEN STORMS APPROACH. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF MONROE ZLAKE TIL THE STORMS PASS. LIGHTNING CAN KILL. DUMEYER
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
INZ008-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 600 PM EST FRI JUL 20 1990 ...THERE WAS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TERRE HAUTE... AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL...50 MILE PER HOUR WINDS...AND 4 TO 6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWNED 2 MILES SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE AROUND 545 PM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND WILL BE AROUND BOWLING GREEN AT 630 PM PEOPLE BETWEEN THE SOUTH SIDE OF TERRE HAUTE AND BOWLING GREEN SHOULD REMAIN INSIDE UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES. BESIDES STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL...THERE WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THAT STORM. OTHER STORMS WITH LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL INDIANA ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN TERRE HAUTE AND KNIGHTSTOWN...EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND DRIFTING A LITTLE SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE. DS
Local storm report, Jul 20, 7:46 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
745 PM EST FRI JUL 20 1990
JUST BEFORE 700 PM EST...SOUTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY...EAST OF CLOVERDALE
...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED...DAMAGE TO SOM/E OUT BUILDINGS.
REPORTED BY STATE POLICE AT 740 PM.
DSNearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning 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.