Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 1990, 4:30 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullitt County, KY, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Jefferson, KY | |
| Jun 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 69 | Bullitt, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 062031
TORSDF
KYC029-111-062115-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
430 PM EDT WED JUN 6 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
...FLOYD
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...BULLITT...JEFFERSON
AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE NEAR
GEORGETOWN INDIANA IN FLOYD COUNTY.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL TRACK INTO THE
LOUISVILLE METRO AREA AND POSSIBLY MOUNT WASHINGTON KENTUCKY BY
445 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 CARSu AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
KIRKPATRICKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Meade | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Larue, Nelson, Spencer | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham, Shelby | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Trimble | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Marion, Taylor, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Green | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDT | 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.