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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 9:25 PM CDT for Spencer County, Warrick County, Indiana. It was in force for 35 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, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Spencer County, IN, Warrick 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Warrick, 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 030226
TOREVV
INC147-173-030300-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
925 PM CDT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...SPENCER...WARRICK
AT 922 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO WAS FORMING NEAR
BOONVILLE...15 MILES EAST OF EVANSVILLE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO SPENCER COUNTY BY 935 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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.
RUNNELSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fulton | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 16 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 17 min |
| Jun 2, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Dubois, Gibson, Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jennings | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | IND | Fayette, Rush | 27 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.