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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY

June 7, 1990Bullitt County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1990, 8:59 AM EDT for Bullitt County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 46 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 7, 1990, 8:59 AM EDT (12:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1990, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bullitt County, KY, Spencer 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 7, 9:30 AM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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: 2271 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSDF 071301
TORSDF
KYC029-185-211-215-071345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
859 AM EDT THU JUN 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
          ...NORTHERN BULLITT...OLDHAM...SHELBY...SPENCER
 
A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND 5 MILES SOUTH OF LOUISVILLE BY A STATE
TROOPER MOVING EAST NORTHEAST. THIS TORNADO WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE
LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA BY 905 AM 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 BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
HOLDERBACH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 5:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Taylor	44 min
Jun 7, 5:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	47 min
Jun 7, 6:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	49 min
Jun 7, 7:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jun 7, 7:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Oldham	3 hr
Jun 7, 8:39 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Jefferson	51 min
Jun 7, 8:59 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Oldham, Shelby	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.