Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1990, 4:32 PM EDT for Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana; Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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
- Sep 14, 1990, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Clark, IN | |
| Sep 14, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Floyd, IN | |
| Sep 14, 4:48 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Jefferson, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 142033
SVRSDF
INC019-043-KYC111-142100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
432 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 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
...SOUTHERN CLARK...FLOYD
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...JEFFERSON
AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR NEW ALBANY IN SOUTHERN FLOYD
COUNTY. WIND DAMAGE TO HOMES AND OTHER STRUCTURES WAS REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL TRACK INTO THE
CITY OF LOUISVILLE BY 445 PM EDT.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LIGHTNING IS THE SINGLE WORST KILLER WITHIN A THUNDERSTORM
...SO STAY INDOORS AND AVOID USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY
...SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVEFRS 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, Sep 14, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
KYZ004-IND015-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 250 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA INTO ORANGE...CRAWFORD AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. STATE POLICE REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH IN SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...55 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THROUGH 5 PM EDT THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO ORANGE ...CRAWFORD AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH OR MORE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SECURE INDOOR SHELTER UNTIL THEY PASS. THESE8 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPPING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH... SO THEY WON'T LAST LONG AT ANY ONE PLACE. REITMEYER
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:42 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
KYZ007-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 340 PM EDT MON SEP 10 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 10 EDT. AT 330 PM...THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE REGION. A LARGER AND STRONGER LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA TOWARD LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL BE IN THE REGION BY 630 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS THROUGH 530 PM. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 3:47 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
KYZ007-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 340 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 10 EDT. AT 330 PM...THERE WERE SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER MOST OF THE REGION. A LARGER AND STRONGER LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN INDIANA TOWARD LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING TOWARD EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL BE IN THE REGION BY 630 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH PARTS OF THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS THROUGH 530 PM. ULLOM ...CORRECTED DATE IN HEADER...
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 PM EDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 355 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR AUSTIN IN SCOTT COUNTY TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY INDIANA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO MEADE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY AND OLDHAM AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY BY 430 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING LOUISVILLE UNTIL 10 PM EDT. 3 SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:12 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ015-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 PM EDT THU SEP 13 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... AT 355 PM EDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LOUISVILLE NEAR AUSTIN IN SCOTT COUNTY TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY INDIANA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HARRISON...FLOYD AND CLARK COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO MEADE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY AND OLDHAM AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY BY 430 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING L=OUISVILLE UNTIL 10 PM EDT. ...CORRECTION...FOR WORD OMITTED IN 2ND PARAGRAPH... SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Sep 14, 4:31 PM EDT, 1 minute before
KYZ007-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 430 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THERE WERE A FEW SMALL SHOWERS FALLING OVER SCATTERED LOCATIONS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON AT 430 PM. THE STRONGEST SHOWER WAS OVER NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING OVER THE OHIO RIVER FROM DAYTON OHIO TO CINCINNATI TO LOUISVILLE THEN SOUTH TO NEAR PADUCAH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AND WILL BE IN THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY REGION AFTER 6 PM. THE HISTORY OF SOMEE OF THESE STORMS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA INVOLVED DAMAGING WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. ULLOM
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.