Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 9:38 PM EST for Jennings County, Indiana. It was in force for 52 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, 9:38 PM EST (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jennings 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, 9:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Jennings, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KIND 030240
TORIND
INC079-030330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
938 PM EST JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
...SOUTHERN JENNINGS
AT 937PM EST RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO BETWEEN SEYMOUR AND CROTHERSVILLE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH TO THE AREA BETWEEN COMMISKEY AND
NORTH VERNON.
PEOPLE IN THIS AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEADIATELY. GET TO THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A HOME OR STURDY BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
ALLSOPPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 7:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:17 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hendricks | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Gibson, Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 7:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 7:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Fulton | 26 min |
| Jun 2, 7:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Hamilton, Marion | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 7:40 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene, Lawrence, Monroe | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:57 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess, Knox | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 7:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 16 min |
| Jun 2, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Cass, Miami | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Greene | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 8:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan | 17 min |
| Jun 2, 8:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Dubois, Gibson, Pike | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Martin | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 8:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 8:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Kosciusko | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 8:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Lawrence | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 8:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Bartholomew | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 8:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 38 min |
| Jun 2, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vanderburgh | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 8:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Decatur, Jennings | 47 min |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Spencer, Warrick | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 3:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton, Madison | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 3:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Delaware | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hancock, Marion | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henry | 45 min |
| Jun 3, 4:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Randolph, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jun 3, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:03 PM EST | 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.