Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 5:32 PM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Webster County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min. 2 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 8, 1990, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Henderson, KY | |
| Jun 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Webster, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KEVV 082233
SVREVV
KYC101-225-233-082315-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
532 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
...HENDERSON...UNION...WEBSTER
AT 530 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST EAST OF
STURGIS KENTUCKY...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE CORYDON AND DIXON
KENTUCKY AREAS BY 545. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
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.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
RUNNELSWhat 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 8, 3:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
INZALL-080200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 315 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 IN INDIANA THE TORNADO WATCH IS FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. THE WATCH AREA IS WEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WASHINGTON. ATTICA...TERRE HAUTE...AND VINCENNES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 315 PM WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA AND ALSO OVER PART OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
INZALL-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 345 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND FOR A PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA OR EXTREME SOUTHERN OR SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE AREA INCLUDED IN THE WATHCHES ARE FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FORT WAYNE TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAFAYATTE...AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM VINCENNES TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF GREEN CASTLE AND 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICHMOND. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCHES ARE LAFAYATTE...KOKOMO... FORT WAYNE ...INDIANAPOLIS...ANDERSON...MUNCIE AND TERRE HAUTE. SO FAR/ THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY THIS EVENING. AT 340 PM EST A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE KOKOMO AREA AND EXTENDED TO JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE. HENDRICKSON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
INZALL-090000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 355 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA AT 345 PM EST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING BETWEEN MUNICE AND FORT WAYNE. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. LOCAL REGIONAL PLOTS SUGGEST THAT THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO IGNITE NEAR ST. LOUIS AND NORTHEAST OF ST. LOUIS IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS WESTERN INDIANFA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
INZALL-082300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 424 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 AT 420 PM EST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE 10 MILES SOUTHWEST AND 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARION. THE STORM NORTHEAST OF MARION WAS PRODUCING 40 MPH WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN NEAR I-69 AT 420 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ILLINOIS AND IN EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND PART OF NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN...HAIL ...DAMAGING WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. LISTEzN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:01 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
INZALL-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 500 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. LAFAYETTE ...FORT WAYNE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...AND EVANSVILLE ARE IN THE WATCH. AT 455 PM EST RADAR SHOWED NEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF BEDFORD TO NORTH OF NASHVILLE TO 15 MILES EAST OF BEDFORD. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE NEAR PARIS ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALLSOPP
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:27 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
INZALL-092330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 527 PM EST FRI JUN 8 1990 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST INDIANA UNTIL 900 PM EST AND FOR SOUTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL 1100 PM EST. LAFAYETTE ...FORT WAYNE...TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...MUNCIE...RICHMOND...AND EVANSVILLE ARE IN THE WATCH. AT 525 PM EST RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN A NARROW LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE TO CRAWFORDSVILLE...FRANKFORT AND KOKOMO AND EAST TO 10 MILES NORTH OF MUNCIE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR VINCENNES IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALLSOPP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson, Union | 37 min |
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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.