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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 6, 1990Logan County, Simpson County, Kentucky

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1990, 4:49 PM CDT for Logan County, Simpson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1990, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1990, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY

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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1990-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KEVV 062149 RRA
TOREVV
KYC141-213-062215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN
449 PM CDT WED JUN 6 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EVANSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...LOGAN...SIMPSON
 
AT 442 PM CDT...KENTUCKY STATE POLICE REPORTED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN
RUSSELLVILLE KENTUCKY...20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN. THE STORM
IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE FRANKLIN
KENTUCKY AREA BY 505 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE
COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
RUNNELS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDUnion63 min
Jun 6, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDHenderson63 min
Jun 6, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningINDDaviess46 min
Jun 6, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningINDHancock46 min
Jun 6, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDGrayson44 min
Jun 6, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningINDLogan, Todd32 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.