Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Louisville, KY
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Shelby, KY | |
| Jul 8, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Spencer, 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 65 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.