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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Louisville, KY

July 8, 1989Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1989, 8:25 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 8, 1989, 8:25 PM EDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1989, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
65 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Shelby, KY
Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Spencer, 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, Jul 8, 4:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 5:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
507 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
   KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 500 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
AND OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR LOUISVILLE. OTHER STORMS
WERE LCOATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF
LONDON.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA
SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE.

REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.
IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING...SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY
INDOORS.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
608 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
   KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 600 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. SEVERAL
STORMS WERE NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST AND NORTHEST OF LONDON. THESE
STORMS HAVE CONTINUED NEAR THE LONDON AREA FOR THE PAST TWO HOURS AND
WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW AREAS IS LIKELY.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPIG OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY
...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DISSIPATING.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE.

SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
608 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
   KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 7 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY
MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CLARK COUNTY INDIANA AND OLDHAM...
HENRY AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY NEAR
LONDON.

HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE THIS
EVENING.

SCHOLZW
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:47 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
745 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

AT 740 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY
WEST OF FRANKFORT...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH FAYETTE AND NORTH
MADISON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ALL THUNDlERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

IF STORMS APPROACH...GO TO SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER.
WHITE
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
812 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL
   KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 8 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND WERE OCCURRING
OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST
OF LOUSIVILLE FROM OLDHAM AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES SOUTHEAST TO NEAR
FRANKFORT. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AND DEVELOPING
TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.

VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE
THIS EVENING.

SCHOLZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:55 PM EDTTornado WarningLMKShelby, Spencer65 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.