Alert archive / Illinois / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 12:45 PM CDT for Wabash County, Illinois; Gibson County, Indiana. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 30, 1990, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wabash County, IL, Gibson 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 30, 1:04 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Gibson, IN |
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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 301746
SVREVV
ILC185-INC051-301815-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
1245 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
...WABASH
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...GIBSON
AT 1242 PM CDT...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
HAD DOWNED TREES JUST SOUTH OF MT CARMEL ILLINOIS. THE STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL BE OVER KEENSBURG ILLINOIS AND
PRINCETON INDIANA...25 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE...BY 100 PM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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 30, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1100 AM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 IN INDIANA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 562 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA... SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE... VINCENNES...JASPER AND PETERSBURG. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AT 11 AM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS. THESE STRONG STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE IN SULLIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AROUND NOON. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SSIGHTED MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. KOLDITZ
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 1155 AM EST SAT JUN 30 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE WATCH IS GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE... TERRE HAUTE...BLOOMINGTON...EVANSVILLE... VINCENNES...JASPER AND PETERSBURG. AT 1145 AM EST RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER SULLIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AT 1215 PM EST. SO FAR NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE IN ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN SULIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. IT THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED...MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE AT ONCE. KOLDITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Vigo | 50 min |
| Jun 30, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 26 min |
| Jun 30, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | LaPorte | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fulton | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Miami | 45 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.