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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Louisville, KY

November 15, 1989McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 15, 1989, 6:26 PM EST for McCreary County, Pulaski County, Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 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
Nov 15, 1989, 6:26 PM EST (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 1989, 7:00 PM EST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties McCreary County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne 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
Nov 15, 6:33 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, KY
Nov 15, 6:40 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 0Pulaski, 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 nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBreckinridge33 min
Nov 15, 1:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson33 min
Nov 15, 2:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt33 min
Nov 15, 2:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKShelby, Spencer42 min
Nov 15, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBullitt, Hardin, Meade31 min
Nov 15, 3:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKJefferson36 min
Nov 15, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKGreen, Taylor36 min
Nov 15, 4:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKFranklin, Scott, Woodford44 min
Nov 15, 4:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCasey, Lincoln26 min
Nov 15, 5:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBoyle32 min
Nov 15, 5:27 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland33 min
Nov 15, 12:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKOrange31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.