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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

February 15, 1990Butler County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1990, 5:44 PM CST for Butler County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
Feb 15, 1990, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 1990, 6:15 PM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Butler 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 15, 6:12 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Butler, 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-02-15Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 282 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 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 KEVV 152345 RRA
SVREVV
KYC031-141-219-160015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
544 PM CST THU FEB 15 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...BUTLER...LOGAN...TODD
 
AT 540 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING OUT OF
CHRISTIAN COUTNY...INTO TODD LOGAN AND BUTLER COUNTIES. THE STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR TRENTON KENTUCKY...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING
GREEN KENTUCKY. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWNS ELKTON...
LEWISBURG AND MORGANTOWN BY 605 PM CST. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 50 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.
SPODEN

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, Feb 15, 2:36 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
INZ001>003-160315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
335 PM EST THU FEB 15 1990

...A WINTER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA FOR
THIS EVENING FOR FREEZING RAIN...

THE ADVISORY AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF
GARY TO 15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA
INCLUDE VALPARAISO...PLYMOUTH...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...KENDALLVILLE AND
ANGOLA.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN INDIANA HAVE STAYED BELOW THE FREEZING
MARK TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TONIGHT AND SHOULD GO
ABOVE FREEZING LATER THIS EVENING.

OCCASIONAL FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING MAKING
TRAVEL AN~D WALKING VERY DIFFICULT IN UNTREATED AREAS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING CAUTION IS ADVISED.

AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM LATER THIS EVENING THE FREEZING
RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN.

EAP
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 5:30 PM CST, 14 minutes before
INZ001>003-160315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
630 PM EST THU FEB 15 1990

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE IS IN EFFECT FOR
EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA THIS EVENING...

THE ADVISORY AREA IS NORTH OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES SOUTH OF GARY TO
15 MILES NORTH OF FORT WAYNE. SOME CITIES IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE
VALPARAISO...PLYMOUTH...SOUTH BEND...ELKHART...KENDALLVILLE AND ANGOLA.

SECONDARY ROADS IN EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA WERE SLICK IN SPOTS AT
615 PM EST ACCORDING TO STATE AND COUNTY AUTHORITIES. BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WERE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. MOST MAIN ROADS WERE ONLY WET.
POLICE REPORTED A FEW TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE SLICK ROADS.

AT 6 PM...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING
OVER EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA. PRECIPITATION IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL
MOSTLY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...BUT
TEMPERATURES OVER MOST OF THE ADVISzORY AREA WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW
FREEZING UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

UNTIL THAT TIME...TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DANGEROUS IN SPOTS. PLEASE BE
VERY CAREFUL IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE OR WALK IN EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA
THIS EVENING.

MPD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 4:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio4 hr
Feb 15, 4:16 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDWebster4 hr
Feb 15, 5:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningINDDaviess3 hr
Feb 15, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDLogan, Todd31 min

Nearby

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.