Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1989, 11:39 PM EDT for Anderson County, Woodford County, Kentucky. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1989, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 1989, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anderson County, KY, Woodford 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
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, Aug 5, 7:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 36 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, 4 hours 28 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, 3 hours 50 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, 3 hours 30 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
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 10:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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</html>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, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 49 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 6, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Orange | 43 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.