Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1990, 4:19 PM EDT for Floyd County, Indiana. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1990, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Floyd 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1036 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 265 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 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 KSDF 062020
SVRSDF
INC043-061-KYC093-062100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
419 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH INDIANA
...FLOYD...HARRISON
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...HARDIN
AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE
NEAR CORYDON INDIANA TO 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE IN
HARDIN COUNTY KENTUCKY. 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR
CORYDON.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL TRACK NEAR
ELIZABETHTOWN KENTUCKY AND NEW ALBANY INDIANA BY 440 PM EDT.
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSiTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
KIRKPATRICKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-062010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 245 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS FROM BLOOMINGTON INDIANA TO OWENSBORO KENTUCKY. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN TREES AND PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ORANGE...CRAWFORD...WASHINGTON AND HARRISON AND FLOYD COUNTIES IN INDIANA BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM EDT. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFE TY INSIDE A STURDY REINFORCED BUILDING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE FASTEST AND MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON THIS SITUATION. TUCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:47 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
KYZ04-INZ015-062045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 345 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 330 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN INDIANA. SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. IN THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN ORANGE COUNTY NEAR PAOLI. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL REACH DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 430 AND 500 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. SOME STORMS HAVE BEEN QUITE DESTRUCTIVE AND ALSO MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. IF A STORM APPRAOCHES YOU...TAKE IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. TUCEKC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Harrison | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.