Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 6:33 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Wabash County, Illinois; Knox County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 min. 3 reports 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
- Jun 2, 1990, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Knox County, IN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Lawrence, IL | |
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Knox, IN | |
| Jun 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado F4 | Wabash, IL |
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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 0 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 022334
SVREVV
ILC101-185-INC083-030015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
633 PM CDT (633 PM EST) SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT (715 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
...LAWRENCE...WABASH
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...KNOX
AT 630 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE WABASH
RIVER NEAR VINCENNES INDIANA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALLENDALE
ILLINOIS...25 TO 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH TOWARD VINCENNES INDIANA AND
LAWRENCVILLE ILLINOIS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADzS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jun 2, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
INZALL-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 348 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...LAPORTE...MONTICELLO... CRAWFORSVILLE...AND TERRE HAUTE. AT 340 PM ONLY A FEW RAINSHOWERS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL INDIANA... BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS UNSTABLE AND VERY MOIST. SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD RAPIDLY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. RESIDENTS OF INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH INDIANA DURING THIS EVENING CAUSING STRONG...AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. . OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE ISSUED LATER FOR OTHER PARTS OF INDIANA. STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND HAVE A SAFE SHELTER IN MIND BEFOIRE BAD WEATHER ARRIVES. REPORT LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GRAY
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
INZALL-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 410 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EST FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. A FEW CITIES IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE SOUTH BEND...LOGANSPORT...LAFAYETTE...LAPORTE...MONTICELLO... CRAWFORSVILLE...AND TERRE HAUTE. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VERY DAMAGING WINDS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA BETWEEN 500 PM AND 700 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. AT 405 PM EST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY EAST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS WILL MOVING QUICKLY NORTHEAST TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. IN ADDITION THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO FORM 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYETTE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR COLUMBUS ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INDIANAPOLIS. OTHER SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES COULD BE ISSUED LATER FOR OTHER PARTS OF INDIANA. STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND HAVE A SAFE SHELTER IN MIND BEFORE BAD WEATHER ARRIVES. REPORT LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND TO THE NEAREST POLICE AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIVONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
INZALL-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 425 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF INDIANA. THE AREA INCLUDED IS EAST OF LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF SOUTH BEND TO 60 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE INDIANAPOLIS...FORT WAYNE...KOKOMO...EVANSVILLE... SEYMOUR...COLUMBUS...BLOOMINGTON AND MADISON. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR VtERY DAMAGING TORNADOES IN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN INDIANA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:08 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
INZALL-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 510 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS EVENING. OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST INDIANA IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR THE REST OF THE STATE IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EST. JUST AFTER 500 PM EST A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WERE LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF TERRE HAUTE...MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. UNLESS THESE STORMS DISSIPATE A TORNADO WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED BEFORE 600 PM JUST FOR THE COUNTIES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:08 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
INZALL-022345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 610 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF INDIANA THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS SOME PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA WERE MOVING QUICKLY EAST TOWARDS LAFAYETTE AND CRAWFORDSVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM INDIANAPLIS TO 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. PERSONS WITH PLANS FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIEQS THIS EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS STORMS APPROACH AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TORNADOES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 39 min |
| Jun 2, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Clay, Richland | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jasper | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Crawford | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Edwards, Wayne | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 22 min |
| Jun 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Putnam | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Illinois, 1990Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Indiana, 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.