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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

County Vanderburgh 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

Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 030155
TOREVV
INC163-030230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
854 PM CDT  JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...VANDERBURGH
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE EVANSVILLE AIRPORT.
IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH TOWARD 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 LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS.u..
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 CDTTornado WarningINDDaviess30 min
Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBoone, Clinton49 min
Jun 2, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHendricks38 min
Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGibson, Knox42 min
Jun 2, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGreene50 min
Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko34 min
Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMartin49 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningINDCass, Miami46 min
Jun 2, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningINDFulton26 min
Jun 2, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHamilton, Marion40 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningINDPike50 min
Jun 2, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGreene, Lawrence, Monroe42 min
Jun 2, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDaviess, Knox48 min
Jun 2, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko16 min
Jun 2, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDCass, Miami44 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningINDGreene40 min
Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningINDSullivan17 min
Jun 2, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJackson49 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDubois, Gibson, Pike50 min
Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMartin50 min
Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningINDMadison47 min
Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKosciusko30 min
Jun 2, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLawrence51 min
Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningINDBartholomew46 min
Jun 2, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware38 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDecatur, Jennings47 min
Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJackson30 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningINDSpencer, Warrick35 min
Jun 2, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJennings52 min
Jun 2, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningINDJackson24 min
Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHamilton, Madison51 min
Jun 3, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDDelaware41 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHancock, Marion45 min
Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenry45 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDRandolph, Wayne28 min
Jun 3, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDWayne34 min
Jun 3, 5:03 PM CDTTornado 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.