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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

June 3, 1990Henry County, Trimble County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1990, 12:42 AM EDT for Henry County, Trimble County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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 3, 1990, 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1990, 1:30 AM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, KY, Trimble 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
Jun 3, 12:55 AM EDT	Tornado F1	Henry, 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 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 030445
TORSDF
KYC103-223-030530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1242 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...HENRY...SOUTHERN TRIMBLE
 
A CONFIRMED TORNADO HAS TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHEAST LAGRANGE KENTUCKY
AT 1240 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST.
THE LOCATION OF THIS STORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNAjDO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 12:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	53 min
Jun 3, 1:00 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Shelby	30 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.