Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1989, 2:33 PM CDT for Cumberland 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
- May 26, 1989, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1989, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cumberland, 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 828 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
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 26, 1:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 210 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 339 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7PM CDT..8PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS OCCURING IN KENTUCKY AS OF 1PM EDT. HOWEVER AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD CROSSED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WILL MOVE ACROSS FAR WEST KENTUCKY THROUGH 230 PM CDT. OTHERWISE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR RICHMOND KENTUCKY..20 SE LEXINGTON THROUGH BOWLING GREEN. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND NUMBER ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON. KLEIN
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:07 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 310 PM EDT FRI MAY 26 1989 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 339 IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 7PM CDT..8PM EDT... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN KENTUCKY AS OF 3PM EDT. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL WITH LIGHT RAIN REPORTED IN FAR WEST KENTUCKY. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE THROUGH 330 PM CDT. OTHERWISE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT EXTENDED FROM ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF LONDON TO NEAR FORT %CAMPBELL KENTUCKY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND NUMBER ACROSS KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 41 min |
| May 26, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Allen, Simpson | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.