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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Louisville, KY

April 26, 1989Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1989, 6:49 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1989, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1989, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Shelby 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.

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, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 5:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
530 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 530 THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER SCOTT AND BOURBON COUNTIES
AND WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF SCOTT
COUNTY ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON TO NORTHERN MONTOGOMERY
COUNTY OR 23 MILES EASTNORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IN THIS LINE WAS LOCATED OVER THE
BOURBON/MONTOGOMERY COUNTY LINE ABOUT 20 MILES EASTNORTHEAST OF
LEXINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 TO 30
MPH AND WILL LIKELY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONGW GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING GROUND STRIKES...SOME HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THE STORM IN NORTHERN MONTOGOMERY COUNTY.
HENRICK
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:10 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
610 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989

...THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY DIMINISHES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 610PM EDT INTENSITY OF THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY WERE
DIMINISHING...A MODERATE TO STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN
NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY NEAR SADIEVILLE ABOUT 21 MILES NORTH OF
LEXINGTON. OTHER THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED OVER HARRISON...BOURBON
...CLARK AND MONTGOMwERY COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

HENRICK
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 6:42 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
640 PM EDT WED APR 26 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
   SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...

AT 635 PM EDT STRNG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING TO THE SOUTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE FROM SOUTHEAST JEFFERSON COUNTY INTO SPENCER COUNTY TO
NEAR WILMORE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR AND  NORTH OF TAYLORSVILLE. HAIL HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS.

ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE
LIKELY TO BE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY
THREATENING AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAnderson, Mercer56 min
Apr 26, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer44 min
Apr 26, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKWashington45 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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