Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1990, 1:00 AM EDT for Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1990, 1:00 AM EDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1990, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby County, KY
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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 030503
TORSDF
KYC211-030530-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
100 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 COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...SHELBY
CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN OF TORNDOES WERE IN LOUISVILLE AND BEUCHEL
KENTUCKY..AT 1255 AM EDT. THESE TORNADOES WERE REPORTED MOVING
EAST FROM LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY AT 30 MPH.
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.What 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, 7:12 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 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, 8:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 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
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 10:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
KYZ007-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1055 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM EDT... AT 1055 PM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOS AND SEVERE WEATHER WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA MOVING EASTWARD. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF KENTUCKY AND THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EASTWARD. STATED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS POTENTAILLY DANGEROUR WEATHER SITUATION. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:02 AM EDT, 58 minutes before
KYZ007-020500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 12 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM EDT... AT 12 AM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOS AND SEVERE WEATHER WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF KENTUCKY AND THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EASTWARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATNION. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:04 AM EDT, 56 minutes before
KYZ007-030500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 12 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM EDT... AT 12 AM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. HOWEVER A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF TORNADOS AND SEVERE WEATHER WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREADING EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF KENTUCKY AND THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EASTWARD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATOION. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 12:48 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
KYZ007-030600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 1245 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 AM EDT... AT 1245 AM EDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND CINCINNATI. RAINSHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS FRANKLIN AND WOODFORD COUNTIES WEST AND NORTHWESmT OF LEXINGTON. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. WHITE
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, 12:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Henry, Trimble | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.