Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

April 26, 1989Letcher County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1989, 8:14 PM EDT for Letcher 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
Apr 26, 1989, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1989, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Whole counties

County Letcher 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 26, 8:30 PM EDTHail 1Letcher, 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 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 26, 5:27 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
630 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 620 PM...SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE COALFIELDS.
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN KNOTT COUNTY 15 MILES EAST OF
HAZARD. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PIKE COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF PIKEVILLE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER KNOTT COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO LETCHER COUNTY
BY 700 PM WHILE THE STORM OVER PIKE COUNTY MOVES INTO VIRGINIA.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE RAMIANDER
OF THE COALFIELDS THROUGH 730 PM.

SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 7:27 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KENTUCKY
730 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...

AT 720 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER LETCHER
COUNTY 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAZARD. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS IN LETCHER COUNTY WERE MOVING MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH
AND WILL MOVE INTO VIRGINIA BY 800 PM. SINCE THE STORMS ARE MOVING
VERY SLOWLY...THE HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE SOME SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE TO A STRONG REINFORCED BUILDING
IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

JOHNSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher4 hr
Apr 27, 12:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.