Alert archive / Indiana / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1990, 8:48 PM EST for Orange County, Indiana. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1990, 8:48 PM EST (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 9:45 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1038 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 030152
TORSDF
INC117-030245-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
948 PM EDT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH INDIANA
...ORANGE
AT 945 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 50
MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR CRYSTAL INDIANA IN NORTHEAST
DUBOIS COUNTY. TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN PIKE AND MARTIN COUNTIES OF INDIANA.
THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
ITS TRACK WILL TAKE IT INTO THE TOWNS OF FRENCH LICK...PAOLI AND
ORLEANS BY 1015 PM EDT.
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.
KIRKPATRICKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 2, 5:09 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
KYZ007-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 605 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 605 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A LINE FROM HARRISON COUNTY...30 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...SOUTHWARD THROUGH SCOTT...FAYETTE ...JESSAMINE AND BOYLE COUNTIES...30 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. MANY REPORTS OF HAIL BETWEEN 1/4 AND 1/2 INCH HAIL WERE REPORTED FROM THIS STORM AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE SOUTHSIDE OF LEXINGTON AT 545 PM EDT. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND CENTRAL CLARK COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM EDT. HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:11 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.. AT 600 PM EDT...THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST INTO FAR NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. OTHERWISE ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN ILLINOIS SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL MOVE EAST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT AND SHOULD APPROACH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BY LATE THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:32 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
KYZ007-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 630 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A LINE FROM ROBERTSON COUNTY...45 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH NICHOLAS ...BOURBON...CLARK...MADISON...GARRARD AND BOYLE COUNTIES...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER NORTHERN MADISON COUNTY NORTH OF RICHMOND...15 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MADISON AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM EDT. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:04 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
KYZ007-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 700 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 700 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FLEMING...BATH... MONTGOMERY...CLARK...MADISON AND GARRARD COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST CLARK COUNTY NEAR TRAPP...27 MILES EASTSOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON AND OVER NORTHEAST MADISON COUNTY NEAR DOYLEVILLE...19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. SMALL HAIL AND RAINFALL AT THE RATE OF ONE INCH IN 15 MINUTES WERE REPORTED EARLIER FROM THESE STROMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN POWELL COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 730 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAIL...STRONG WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS8 EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SEEK INDOOR SHELTER. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 6:12 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 710 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.. AT 710 PM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...HOWEVER A LINE OF STRONG AND OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTH ALONG THE INDIANA ILLINOIS BORDER TO JUST WEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD APPROACH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTI=ALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. SHANKLIN
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:17 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
KYZ004-INZ013-015-030030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 810 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.. AT 810 PM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA OR NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...HOWEVER A LINE OF STRONG AND OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD APPROACH SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM EDT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. HOLDERBACH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Orange | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 10:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 10:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Crawford, Harrison | 54 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Indiana, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990
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.