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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Greene County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 7:25 PM EST for Greene County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 7:25 PM EST (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 8:15 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, IN

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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 256 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1038 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1038 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 030027
TORIND
INC055-030115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
725 PM EST  JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...NORTHERN GREENE
 
AT 724 PM EST...STATE POLICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN LINTON
AND BLOOMFIELD...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON. THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 50 MILES PER HOUR.
SALSBERRY...BLOOMFIELD AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES WERE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:00 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess30 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBoone, Clinton49 min
Jun 2, 7:17 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHendricks38 min
Jun 2, 7:18 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGibson, Knox42 min
Jun 2, 7:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko34 min
Jun 2, 7:26 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin49 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCass, Miami46 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFulton26 min
Jun 2, 7:35 PM ESTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Marion40 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPike50 min
Jun 2, 7:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe42 min
Jun 2, 7:57 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
Jun 2, 7:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko16 min
Jun 2, 8:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami44 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene40 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSullivan17 min
Jun 2, 8:11 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson49 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDubois, Gibson, Pike50 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMartin50 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMadison47 min
Jun 2, 8:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko30 min
Jun 2, 8:39 PM ESTTornado WarningINDLawrence51 min
Jun 2, 8:44 PM ESTTornado WarningINDBartholomew46 min
Jun 2, 8:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware38 min
Jun 2, 8:54 PM ESTTornado WarningINDVanderburgh36 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM ESTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Jennings47 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson30 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDSpencer, Warrick35 min
Jun 2, 9:38 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJennings52 min
Jun 2, 9:51 PM ESTTornado WarningINDJackson24 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison51 min
Jun 3, 3:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware41 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion45 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry45 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne28 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne34 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM ESTTornado WarningINDFayette, Rush27 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.