Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1989, 10:03 PM EDT for Marion County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1989, 10:03 PM EDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1989, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marion County, KY
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 493 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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, May 22, 6:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND KENTUCKY SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 615 PM EDT MON MAY 22 1989 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH WESTERN KENTUCKY. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM PADUCAH TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THOSE LIVING IN WEST KENTUCKY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE IN KENTUCKY...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED IN THE CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND KENTUCKY SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 710 PM EDT MON MAY 22 1989 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH WESTERN KENTUCKY. TWO LINES OF STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN PADUCAH...THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES...AND BOWLING GREEN. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THOSE LIVING IN WEST KENTUCKY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER. ELSEWHERE IN KENTUCKY...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN THE CENTRAL...NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 22, 8:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 805 PM EDT MON MAY 22 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...STILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THOSE LIVING IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY SHOULD STILL BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. TUCEK
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:12 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Simpson | 38 min |
| May 22, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson, Warren | 34 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.