Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1987, 5:33 PM EDT for Fayette County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 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 2, 1987, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1987, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fayette 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 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Fayette, 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 1:15 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 111 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY... DURING THE PAST HOUR...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. MANY OF THESE STORMS CONTAINED DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN THE LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON AREAS. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER ALL OF THE STATE. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND TAKE SHELTER SHOULD ONE OF THESE BRIEF STORMS ENTE R YOUR AREA. GOETSCH
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 200 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM NORTH OF PADUCAH THROUGH EVANSVILLE INTO THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD INTO THE AREA JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY INTENSE PRODUCING DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG WIND TO 40 MILES PER HOUR...AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA GET INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. IF OUTSIDE WITH NO TIME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE...REMEMBER DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH ISOLATED TREES... AVOID BEING THE HIGHEST PROFILE. GET OUT OF AND AWAY FROM OPEN WATER. < THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOFME OF THEM MAY BE VERY STRONG. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 2:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 255 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO EVANSVILLE INDIANA INTO THE LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN AREA EASTWARD INTO THE AREA JUST NORTH OF LEXINGTON. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE VERY INTENSE PRODUCING DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG WIND TO 40 MILES PER HOUR...AS THEY MOVE TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA GET INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. IF OUTSIDE WITH NO TIME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE...REMEMBER DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH ISOLATED TREES... AVOID BEING THE HIGHEST PROFILE. GET OUT OF AND AWAY FROM OPEN WATER. < THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOME OF THEM eMAY BE VERY STRONG. CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. POOLE
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 400 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER FROM NEAR PADUCAH TO JUST SOUTH OF THE COVINGTON AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT IN NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTH AS WELL. DURING THE MID AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...BUT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE BEEN THE MAIN HAZARD WITH THESE STORMS. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA...GET TO INDOOR SHELTER. IF OUTSIDE WITH NO TIME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE ...REMEMBER DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH ISOLATED TREES...AVOID BEING THE HIGHEST PROFILE. GET OUT OF AND AWAY FROM OPEN WATER. LISTEN TO COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:11 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 505 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 5 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SMALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FRANKFORT...LAWRENCEBURG AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN PARTS OF ANDERSON COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF WOODFARD...MERCER AND SCOTT BEFORE 6 PM EDT. IF A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS YOUR AREA...GET TO INDOOR SHELTER. IF OUTSIDE WITH NO TIME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING OR AN AUTOMOBILE ...REMEMBER DO NOT STAND UNDERNEATH ISOLATED TREES...AVOID BEING THE HIGHEST PROFILE. GET OUT OF AND AWAY FROM OPEN WATER. KIRKPATRICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark | 65 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.