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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Edwards County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 7:18 PM CDT for Edwards County, Illinois. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Edwards County, IL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2046 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 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
2046 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.7
Supercell composite
22.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 030018
TOREVV
ILC047-185-INC051-083-030100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
718 PM CDT (718 PM EST)  JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT (800 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          ...EDWARDS...WABASH
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...GIBSON...KNOX
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE P0LICE AT 715 PM CDT IN
ALBION ILLINOIS. IT DESTROYED A FACTORY AND A HOUSE IN ALBION. IT WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH TOWARD WABASH COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHWEST
INDIANA NEAR PATOKA AND DECKER.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
BLOCK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningINDWabash42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.