Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1989, 2:52 PM CDT for Logan County, Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1989, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, KY, Todd 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, Jun 12, 10:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 11 AM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 ....SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.... WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE SEVERE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS. AB
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 10:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 ....SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.... WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE SEVERE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS. AB
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1215 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 PM CDT... AT 1210 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN A CLUSTER AROUND PADUCAH IN WEST KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR BOWLING GREEN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE WEST QUARTER OF THE STATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THESE POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNPINGS. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:00 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT....WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO EAST KENTUCKY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE WEST THIRD OF THE STATE THROUGH 500 PM EDT...WITH THESE POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KIRKPATRICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Clark, Washington | 40 min |
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.