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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 5:56 PM EST for Parke County, Vermillion County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 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, 5:56 PM EST (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1990, 6:30 PM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Parke County, IN, Vermillion 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
Jun 2, 6:00 PM EST	Tornado F0	Parke, IN
Jun 2, 6:11 PM EST	Tornado F2	Vermillion, IN
Jun 2, 6:25 PM EST	Tornado F2	Vermillion, 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 268 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 022258
TORIND
INC121-165-022330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
556 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...NORTHERN PARKE...VERMILLION
 
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A TORNADO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE
HAUTE NEAR NEAR EDGA ILLINOIS. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
TOWARD THE COMMUNITIES NEWPORT AND TANGIER AND TOWARD TURKEY RUN STATE
PARK. PEOPLE NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. MOVE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. THE STORM WAS
SITED AT 555 PM EST.
 
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 FLJOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
MPD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Benton, Warren	45 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Newton	45 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Fountain, Vermillion, Warren	40 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Parke	53 min
Jun 2, 6:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Montgomery	45 min
Jun 2, 6:23 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Sullivan, Vigo	37 min
Jun 2, 6:33 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Knox	42 min
Jun 2, 6:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Marshall	52 min
Jun 2, 6:38 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Pulaski, Starke	22 min
Jun 2, 6:48 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Putnam	42 min
Jun 2, 6:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	IND	Cass	47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.