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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1990, 2:29 PM EST for Perry County, Spencer County, Indiana; Hancock County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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 6, 1990, 2:29 PM EST (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Perry County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Hancock County, KY
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 6, 2:50 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Hancock, KY | |
| Jun 6, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado F0 | Hancock, KY |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KEVV 061930
TOREVV
INC123-147-KYC091-062015-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
229 PM CDT (229 PM EST) WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT (315 PM EST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...PERRY
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
...SPENCER
IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY
...HANCOCK
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR EUREKA INDIANA IN SPENCER 10 MILES NORTH
OF OWENSBORO KENTUCKY AT 225 PM CDT. IT WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH
TOWARD ROCKPORT INDIANA BY ABOUT 240 PM AND TELL CITY INDIANA BY 300
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.
BLOCKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Daviess, Gibson, Knox, Pike | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 1:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Posey, Vanderburgh | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 1:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Vanderburgh, Warrick | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Union | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Henderson | 63 min |
| Jun 6, 2:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Daviess | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 3:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Grayson | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan, Todd | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 4:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Logan, Simpson | 26 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.