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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Pike County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 7:40 PM EST for Pike County, Indiana. It was in force for 50 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 2, 1990, 7:40 PM EST (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 8:30 PM EST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Pike 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 7:48 PM ESTTornado F4Pike, IN
Jun 2, 8:03 PM ESTTornado F4Pike, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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°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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 030040
TOREVV
INC125-030130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
740 PM CDT (740 PM EST)  JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT (830 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...PIKE
 
A TORNADOE WAS REPORTED BY THE INDIANA STATE POLICE JUST NORTH OF FT
BRANCH INDIANA...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE. IT WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH TOWARD WINSLOW AND PETERSBURG INDIANA BY 800 TO
815 PM CDT.
 
 
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, 7:00 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, 7:25 PM ESTTornado WarningINDGreene50 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, 7:48 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

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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.