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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Indianapolis, IN

June 2, 1990Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 6:23 PM EST for Sullivan County, Vigo County, Indiana. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 6:23 PM EST (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 7:00 PM EST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sullivan County, IN, Vigo 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 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature 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, Paducah/Barkley, KY at 12:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 305 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
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
12.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KIND 022326
TORIND
INC153-167-030000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
623 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
          ...NORTHERN SULLIVAN
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
          ...VIGO
 
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO IN NEWTON
ILLINOIS...ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE...AT 620 PM EST.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 50 MILES PER HOUR. IT WAS
HEADING TOWARD AREAS NEAR VIGO...FARMERSBURG AND RILEY. PEOPLE IN OR
NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. GO TO THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YgOUR HANDS.
 
MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDBenton, Warren45 min
Jun 2, 5:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDNewton45 min
Jun 2, 5:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDFountain, Vermillion, Warren40 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDParke53 min
Jun 2, 5:56 PM ESTTornado WarningINDParke, Vermillion34 min
Jun 2, 6:15 PM ESTTornado WarningINDMontgomery45 min
Jun 2, 6:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDKnox42 min
Jun 2, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDMarshall52 min
Jun 2, 6:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningINDPulaski, Starke22 min
Jun 2, 6:48 PM ESTTornado WarningINDPutnam42 min
Jun 2, 6:58 PM ESTTornado WarningINDCass47 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.