Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1990, 2:40 PM CDT for Breckinridge County, Meade County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min. 2 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
- Jun 6, 1990, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Breckinridge County, KY, Meade 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 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Breckinridge, KY | |
| Jun 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Meade, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1344 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 061947
TORSDF
KYC027-163-062045-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE
AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS
INDICATED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND APPROACHING HAWESVILLE KENTUCKY...
50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE...IN HANCOCK COUNTY.
THE TORNAD0 WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL TRACK INTO OR NEAR
THE TOWNS OF UNION STAR IN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY AND BRANDENBURG IN
MEADE COUNTY BETWEEN 400 AND 430 PM EDT.
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 BLANDKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
KIRKPATRICKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Scott | 46 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.