Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at May 21, 1990, 7:17 PM EDT for Clark County, Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 1990, 7:17 PM EDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clark County, KY, Estill County, KY, Powell 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 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 KLEX 212317
TORLEX
KYC049-065-197-220000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
717 PM EDT MON MAY 21 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND FLASH
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
SOUTHERN CLARK...NORTHERN ESTILL...EASTERN POWELL
AT 710 PM EDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED OVER UNION CITY IN EASTERN
MADISON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST. THIS WAS REPORTED BY STATE POLICE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AND HEADED TOWARD
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...NORTHERN ESTILL COUNTY AND WESTERN POWELL
COUNTIES. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE ALSO CAUSING FLASH FLOODING IN MANY
AREAS WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 15
MINUTES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...TAKE SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
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...
TAKE COVER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
ULLOMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford | 39 min |
| May 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Madison | 42 min |
| May 21, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Spencer | 65 min |
| May 21, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Anderson | 38 min |
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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.