Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 6:12 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Butler, 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.
- 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
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.
SPODENWhat 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Ohio | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:16 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Webster | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 31 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.