Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 1990, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1990, 9:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ohio County, KY
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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 291412
SVREVV
KYC183-291500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
911 AM CDT WED AUG 29 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
...OHIO
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IT WILL MOVE
INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF WHITESVILLE AND PLEASANT RIDGE BY 920 AM CDT
AND TO NEAR HARFORD BY 940 AM CDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR DAVIESS COUNTY KENTUCKY UNTIL 930 AM CDT. THE WARNING FOR
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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.
BLOCKWhat 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, Aug 29, 3:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
INZ004>009-011-012-014-015-290930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... CRAWFORDSVILLE...INDIANAPOLIS... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...BEDFORD AND EVANSVILLE. AT 310 AM EST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DUMPING HEAVY RAIN FROM INDIANAPOLIS EAST TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS TO JUST WEST OF RUSHVILLE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM JUST SOUTH OF LOGANSPORT TO 10 MILES NORTH OF DANVILLE ILLINOIS. BLINDING RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TOWARDS KOKOMO ...LAFAYETTE AND WILLIAMSPORT BETWEEN 320AM AND 345 AM EST. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS THAT BORDER WARREN AND VERMILLION COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 4AM EST. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:51 AM CDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before
INZ004>015-290955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 348 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS FORMED FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTINSVILLE AND SHELBYVILLE IN CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN 350 AM AND 415 AM EST. ANOTHER LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM NEAR KOKOMO TO LAFAYETTE TO DANVILLE ILLINOIS. POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS WERE 40 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO 35 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...IN THE CITIES OF CRAWFORDSVILLE ...TERRE HAUTE AND ROCKVILLE CAN EXPECT INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS TO POUND THEIR AREA AS THE STORM MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 350 AND 430 AM EST. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
INZ007>015-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 640 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL INDIANA NORTH OF A LINE FROM TERRE HAUTE TO BLOOMINGTON AND COLUMBUS. IT STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS LINE SOUTHWARD UNTIL 900 AM EST AND INLUDES MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE. AT 630 AM EST THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AND ALSO ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE STATE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 8:26 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
INZ008>012-291400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 824 AM EST WED AUG 29 1990 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED FROM SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE ON SOUTHEAST TOWARDS BEDFORD. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL FALL ALONG THIS LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST FROM 20 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO THE SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON BETWEEN 830 AM AND 900 AM EST. PEOPLE IN THE AREA BETWEEN SULLIVAN AND LINTON CAyN EXPECT HEAVY RAINS TO FALL THIS MORNING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA WILL EXPIRE AT 9AM EST. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess | 44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.