Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1989, 9:41 PM EDT for Madison County, Kentucky. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1989, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1989, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Madison 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 3575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLEX 060141
SVRLEX
KYC151-060230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY
941 PM EDT P3 AUG 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEXINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...NORTHERN MADISON
WEATHER RADAR FROM COVINGTON REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST FROM JESSAMINE COUNTY FROM NICHOLASVILLE AND MOVING TOWARD
RICHMOND IN MADISON COUNTY.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOUL#D MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.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, Aug 5, 5:21 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 520 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 10 EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED THIS EVENING UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN...SCOTT...HARRISON AND ROBERTSON. AT 510 PM THIS EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH NORTHERN BOURBON COUNTY...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON... THROUGH CENTRAL NICHOLAS COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON AND THROUGH NORTHERN ROBERTSON COUNTY...40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO BE PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS. THE MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN COUNTIES THIS EVENING THROUGH 730 PM AND WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES OFi BOURBON...NICHOLAS...ROBERTSON AND FLEMING. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...REACT QUICKLY AND TAKE ALL PROPER PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND KENTUCKY SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY... WEATHER RADAR AT 6 PM EDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OF COVINGTON AND WEST OF ASHLAND. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. A FEW STORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. < ELSEWHERE OVER KENTUCKY ON THE HOUR...SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WERE HOT. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST TO CINCINNATI. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY SKY CONDITIONS WILL NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTL|Y THROUGH 8 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL A FEW DEGREES. CONGER
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND KENTUCKY SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 703 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EAST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 7 PM EDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OF COVINGTON AND WEST OF ASHLAND AND OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. A FEW STORMS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 TO 35MPH. ELSEWHERE OVER KENTUCKY ON THE HOUR...SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WERE HOT. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST TO CINCINNATI. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY SKY CONDITIONS WILL NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH 8 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL A FEW DEGREES. CONGER
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 710 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH MIDNIGHT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING THROUGH 12 MIDNIGHT. THERE WAS NO RAIN ACTIVITY IN THE CENTRAL BLUEGRASS REGION BUT THERE WERE THUNDER/ STORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN KENTUCKY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN REPORTED OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH AND IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY EARLIER. THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE FROM LOUISVILLE TO OWENTON TO AROUND MAYSVILLE. THIS WAS JUST NORTH OF THE HARRISON/ PENDLETON COUNTY BORDER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING GENERALLY EAST BUT WERE DRIFTING SLIGHTLY SOUTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. HAIL HAD ALSO BEEN REPORTED OVER MANY AREAS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY REGION BY 8 PM...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS...TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS AND FIND ADEQUATE SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 745 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL MIDNIGHT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUED OVER ALL OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. THERE WERE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SCOTT...HARRISON...ROBERTSON AND FLEMING COUNTIES THIS EVENING AT 735 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING A LINE FROM PORTS/ MOUTH OHIO SOUTHWEST THROUGH FLEMINGSBURG TO NEAR GEORGETOWN AND FRANKFORT. HARRISON AND ROBERTSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES WERE REPORTING POWER OUTAGES DUE TO TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. MANY AREAS WERE ALSO REPORTING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME VERY STRONG AND DAMAGING...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH 830 PM. WITH SUCH HEAVY RAIN...SOME AREAS MAY SEE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND ROADWAYS. TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF YOU ARE IN A THREATENED AREA AND FIND SHELTER QUICKLY. ULLOM
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 8:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND KENTUCKY SHORT RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 810 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND EAST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING... WEATHER RADAR AT 8 PM EDT INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OF COVINGTON AND WEST OF ASHLAND AND OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA. A FEW STORMS OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL ALONG WITH GUSTY WIND AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE OVER KENTUCKY ON THE HOUR...SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE HIGH 80S. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WILL PASS THROUGH NORTHEAST KENTUCKY FROM LOUISVILLE NORTHEAST TO CINCINNATI. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND AND HAIL ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AND WEST KENTUCKY MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH 10 PM EDT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL A FEW DEGREES PRIOR TO 10 PM EDT. CONGER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin, Woodford | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Jessamine | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Mercer | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Franklin | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 11:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Woodford | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
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.