Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Kentucky. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 3, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hopkins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Hopkins, 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
Paducah/Barkley, KY (KPAH), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
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, Apr 3, 6:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 609 PM EST MON APR 3 1989 IN INDIANA TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 79 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND INCLUDES THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO PAOLI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE EVANSVILLE...TELL CITY... MOUNT VERNON...BOONVILLE AND NEW ALBANY. REMEMBER...A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO WATCH NUMBBER 77 THAT WAS VALID FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 637 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 AT 633 PM EST...SCATTERED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 15 MILES NORTH AND 20 MILES WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT COVERED MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR MARION TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHMOND...25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLUMBUS AND CONTINUED INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THAT PART OF INDIANA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MOUvNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO PAOLI TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON. STEIGERWALDT
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 734 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 727 PM EST...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS NEAR LAPEL IN MADISON COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PEOPLE FROM ANDERSON NORTH TO ALEXANDRIA AND NORTHEAST TO MUNCIE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. MPD
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 739 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND IN BROWNSBURG AT 730 PM EST. AT 730 PM EST...SEVERAL HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A ROARING NOISE IN THE VICINITY OF 38TH STREET AND MOELLER ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A SIMILAR ROARING NOISE FROM BROWNSBURG. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO CARMEL TO NOBLESVILLE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. MPD
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 751 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS AND IN BROWNSBURG AT 730 PM EST. AT 730 PM EST...SEVERAL HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A ROARING NOISE IN THE VICINITY OF 38TH STREET AND MOELLER ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A SIMILAR ROARING NOISE FROM BROWNSBURG. THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS TO CARMEL TO NOBLESVILLE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. MPD
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF TORNADO WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA 752 PM EST MON APR 3 1987 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN INDIANA. AT 727 PM EST...A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY HAM RADIO OPERATORS NEAR LAPEL IN MADISON COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF ANDERSON. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PEOPLE FROM ANDERSON NORTH TO ALEXANDRIA AND NORTHEAST TO MUNCIE SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Rush, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Posey | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Perry | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Perry, Spencer | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Warrick | 4 hr |
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.