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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 6:48 PM EST for Putnam County, Indiana. It was in force for 42 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 2, 1990, 6:48 PM EST (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam 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, 7:10 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Putnam, IN | |
| Jun 2, 7:30 PM EST | Tornado F2 | Putnam, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 228 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 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 KIND 022351
TORIND
INC133-030030-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
648 PM EST SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA
...NORTHERN PUTNAM
AT 645 PM EST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF TERRE
HAUTE NEAR ROCKVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES
PER HOUR TOWARD RACCOON LAKE...FINCASTLE...ROACHDALE AND BAINBRIDGE.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM SHOULD MOVE INDOORS TOWARD THE
INTERIOR PART OF THE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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 YOUR HANDS.
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Benton, Warren | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Newton | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Vermillion, Warren | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 5:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Marshall | 52 min |
| Jun 2, 6:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Pulaski, Starke | 22 min |
| Jun 2, 6:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | IND | Cass | 47 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.