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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 5:59 PM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 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 2, 1990, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 1990, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland County, IL

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 2, 6:03 PM CDT	Tornado F4	Richland, IL

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 12.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 022300
TOREVV
ILC025-159-022345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
559 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
          ...CLAY...RICHLAND
 
AT 555 PM CDT...ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR THE
SOUTH END OF CLAY CITY ILLINOIS IN CLAY COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS
NOBLE IILLINOIS AND OLNEY ILLINOIS AND WILL REACH THESE COMMUNITIES
BY 615 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY. CLAY CITY IS 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE.
 
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 LOWELST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
SPODEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Wayne	39 min
Jun 2, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Jasper	49 min
Jun 2, 6:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Crawford	35 min
Jun 2, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	IND	Lawrence, Wabash	42 min
Jun 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	IND	Edwards, Wayne	31 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.