Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak of June 1990

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The Lower Ohio Valley Tornado Outbreak is a tornado outbreak that occurred in southern Illinois, central and southern Indiana, southwestern Ohio, and northern Kentucky on Saturday June 2 and Sunday June 3, 1990. By the end of the outbreak during the early morning hours on June 3, 65 tornadoes had struck the Ohio River Valley including seven of F4 intensity. One F4 tornado trekked 94 miles from southeastern Illinois into southern Indiana killing one person.

Thirty-seven tornadoes occurred in Indiana, a record for a single day. It eclipsed the previous record of 21 set during the Super Outbreak in April, 1974.[1] Twelve tornadoes struck Illinois.[2]

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[edit] Event

The Storm Prediction Center put out a high risk for severe weather over much of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and northern Kentucky. A notable feature of this outbreak is that there was a sector of weak tornadoes north of Terre Haute, Indiana while a sector of strong and violent tornadoes developed south of the city. This could perhaps be atrributed to the storms in central Indiana having weaker helicity -- a measurement of storm rotation -- resulting in many of the storms farther to the north being left-moving supercells. These types of supercells are generally weaker than their right-moving counterparts.

[edit] Confirmed tornadoes

Confirmed
Total
Confirmed
F0
Confirmed
F1
Confirmed
F2
Confirmed
F3
Confirmed
F4
Confirmed
F5
66 16 21 17 5 7 0
F# Location County Time (UTC) Path length Damage
Iowa
F0 SW of Cantrill Van Buren 1635 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F2 SW of Manchester Van Buren 1743 10.5 miles
(16.8 km)
F1 S of Maquoketa Jackson 2012 1 miles
(1.6 km)
Arkansas
F1 N of Witcherville Sebastian 1700 2 miles
(3.2 km)
F0 SE of Clarkedale Crittenden 0305 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)
Minnesota
F1 S of Goodhue Goodhue 1750 4 miles
(6.4 km)
Illinois
F2 S of Findlay Shelby 2130 8 miles
(12.8 km)
F0 SW of Arcola Douglas 2147 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F1 N of Casey Clark 2205 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F1 Springfield area (northern sections) Sangamon 2230 8 miles
(12.8 km)
F4 Rinard to Olney Wayne, Clay, Richland 2245 23 miles
(36.8 km)
F2 SW of Wetzel, IL to NW of Montezuma, IN Edgar, IL, Vermillion, IN 2253 17.5 miles
(28 km)
F2 SE of Logan, IL to NE of Bono, IN Edgar, IL, Vermillion, IN 2258 8 miles
(12.8 km)
F4 Newton area Jasper 2307 12.5 miles
(20 km)
F4 N of Aden, IL to NW of Orangeville, IN Hamilton, IL, Wayne, Edwards, Wabash, Knox, IN, Gibson, Pike, Daviess, Martin, Orange, Lawrence 2320 106 miles
(169.6 km)
1 death
F1 Oblong area Jasper, Crawford 2320 3 miles
(4.8 km)
F0 S of Palestine Crawford 2340 3 miles
(4.8 km)
F2 NE of Lawrenceville, IL Lawrence, IL, Knox, IN 2345 5 miles
(8 km)
Wisconsin
F2 Fond du Lac area Fond du Lac 2200 1 miles
(1.6 km)
F1 SE of La Grange Walworth 2200 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)
Indiana
F0 NW of Dana Vermillion 2215 1 miles
(1.6 km)
F0 NW of Annapolis Parke 2223 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F0 E of Waveland Parke 2228 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)
F0 SW of Minshall Parke 2245 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F0 W of Fairbanks Sullivan 2245 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)
F2 E of Crawfordsville Montgomery 2250 10 miles
(16 km)
F0 S of Hollandsburg Parke 2300 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)
F1 NW of Thorntown Boone 2310 4.5 miles
(7.2 km)
F0 NE of Georgetown Cass 2310 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)
F3 Loogootee area Daviess, Martin 2319 7 miles
(11.2 km)
F1 NE of Frankfort Clinton 2325 6 miles
(9.6 km)
F2 S of Worthington Greene 2330 10 miles
(16 km)
F1 SE of Lebanon Boone 2335 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F0 E of Lebanon Boone 2337 6 miles
(9.6 km)
F1 NE of Elizaville Boone 2343 7 miles
(11.2 km)
F4 S of Hartleyville to E of Shawswick Lawrence 2350 11 miles
(17.6 km)
1 death
F4 Petersburg area Gibson, Pike 0017 13 miles
(20.8 km)
6 deaths
F0 E of Cicero Hamilton 0020 0.2 miles
(0.32 km)
F2 E of New Maysville Putnam, Hendricks 0030 3.5 miles
(5.6 km)
1 death
F2 S of Wolflake Noble 0040 3.5 miles
(5.6 km)
F1 W of Orleans Orange 0054 11.5 miles
(18.4 km)
F1 E of Reddington Jackson, Jennings 0055 10 miles
(16 km)
F2 NE of Fleming to NE of Zenas Jennings 0105 18 miles
(28.8 km)
F0 NW of Millhousen Decatur 0115 0.1 miles
(0.16 km)
F0 Campbellsburg area Washington 0117 3.5 miles
(5.6 km)
F4 N of Worthington to W of Rockford Jackson 0120 18 miles
(28.8 km)
F2 NW of Harristown Washington 0203 4.5 miles
(7.2 km)
F3 N of Plattsburg to NE of Five Points Washington, Jackson, Scott, Jefferson 0225 41 miles
(65.6 km)
F2 NE of Nebraska to SE of New Alsace Ripley, Dearborn 0230 23 miles
(36.8 km)
F2 N of Wyandotte Crawford, Harrison 0230 11 miles
(17.6 km)
F3 E of Greenville to Sellersburg Floyd, Clark 0257 12 miles
(19.2 km)
F4 NE of Yorkville, IN to Mason, OH Dearborn, IN, Hamilton, OH, Butler, Warren 0300 33 miles
(52.8 km)
F3 SE of Marysville, IN to N of Bedford, KY Clark, IN, Jefferson, Trimble, KY 0340 17 miles
(27.2 km)
Kentucky
F1 W of Maytown Menifee 2315 2 miles
(3.2 km)
F1 N of Malone Morgan 2325 6 miles
(9.6 km)
F3 La Grange area Oldham, Henry 0330 10 miles
(16 km)
F2 N of Shelbyville Shelby 0414 1 miles
(1.6 km)
F1 N of Oakville Logan 0434 11 miles
(17.6 km)
F1 S of Burlington Boone 0440 0.7 miles
(1.1 km)
F1 S of Franklinton Henry 0455 1 miles
(1.6 km)
Michigan
F1 NW of Oxbow Newaygo 2359 1.5 miles
(2.4 km)
F1 Hanover area Jackson 0030 0.5 miles
(0.8 km)
F2 N of Guthrie to NE of Dexter Washtenaw 0110 15 miles
(24 km)
Ohio
F0 Clarksville area Clinton 0445 1 miles
(1.6 km)
F2 SW of Saltair Clermont 0550 4 miles
(6.4 km)
Source: Tornado History Project - June 2, 1990 Storm Data

[edit] Effects

Outbreak death toll
State Deaths Total County County
total
Illinois 1 Edwards 1
Indiana 8 Lawrence 1
Pike 6
Putnam 1
Totals 9
All deaths were tornado-related

Petersburg, Indiana was the hardest hit town affected by the outbreak. It was one of two towns in Indiana that were hit by an F4 tornado. Six of the 12 people killed in Indiana were in Petersburg.

Other hard hit towns were Bedford, Indiana and Newton, Illinois. Bedford was the other town struck by an F4 tornado. One person was killed and nearly 50 more were injured. Newton also received extensive damage, but no one was killed.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Intellicast. June in the Midwest. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.
  2. ^ National Weather Service Office Indianapolis, Indiana. June 2, 1990 Tornado Outbreak. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.

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