Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 1990, 5:11 PM CDT for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
- Sep 7, 1990, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1990, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Butler County, KY, Muhlenberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Muhlenberg, 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 072211 RRA
SVREVV
KYC031-177-072245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
511 PM CDT FRI SEP 7 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...BUTLER...MUHLENBERG
AT 508 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
IN GREENVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS IS 35 MILES WEST OF BOWLING GREEN
KENTUCKY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS BEECH CREEK AND
DRAKESBORO KENTUCKY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE A TORNADO. TAKE COVER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT SWTAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SUMMYWhat 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, Sep 7, 2:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
INZ008>013-015-072030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 235 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 230 PM EST...RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST INDIANA...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. THE RAeINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. RP
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
INZ008>015-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 320 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 315 PM EST...RAINSHOWERS WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A 25 MILE BAND FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO RICHMOND. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM MONROE LAKE...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON TO NORTH VERNON TO 25 MILES EAST OF CLOUMBUS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MONROE LAKE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST AND THE TOWN OF HOUSTON BY 40O PM EST. PERSON IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EST. WJG
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
INZ008>015-072130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 335 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 AT 325 PM EST...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED 20 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD...NEAR MEDORA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST ALONG THE JACKSON...WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF TAMPICO AND CROTHERVILLE..AS WELL AS PEOPLE IN STARVE HOLLOW STATE PARK ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARE FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AND SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOW. WJG
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:28 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
INZ008>015-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF INDIANA. AT 410PM SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. ONE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING OVER CHARLESTOWN INDIANA AT 420 PM PRODUCING BASEBALL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO KENTUCKY BY 500 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER EVANSVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO TO 55 MILES AN HOUR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT EVANSVILLE AT 400 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR BOONVILLE BY 445 PM. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL... INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN CENTRAL INDIANA THE ONLY RAIN THAT WAS OCCURING WERE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. HAINES
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:32 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
INZ008>015-072230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 425 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. AT 410PM SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. ONE STORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING OVER CHARLESTOWN INDIANA AT 420 PM PRODUCING BASEBALL TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO KENTUCKY BY 500 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS OVER EVANSVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO TO 55 MILES AN HOUR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT EVANSVILLE AT 400 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR BOONVILLE BY 445 PM. PERSONS IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL... INTENSE LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IN CENTRAL INDIANA THE ONLY RAIN THAT WAS OCCURING WERE SOME LIGHT SHOWERS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. ...CHANGED WATCH TO SOUTHERN THIRD IN 2ND LINE... HAINES
Special weather statement, Sep 7, 4:55 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
INZ008>015-072300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 455 PM EST FRI SEP 7 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF INDIANA. AT 445PM SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. ONE STORM EXTENDED FROM EVANSVILLE TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVANSVILLE. THIS STORM PRODUCED ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL AT THE WEATHER OFFICE AT EVANSVILLE AT 428 PM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO KENTUCKY BETWEEN HENDERSON KENTUCKY AND TELL CITY INDIANA BY 530 PM. ANOTHER STORM HAS JUST CROSSED THE OHIO RIVER INTO KENTUCKY NEAR LOUISVILLE. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OCCURING IN EASTERN INDIANA. THE THUNDERBSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HAINES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Todd | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.