Alert archive / Kentucky / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1989, 9:31 PM EDT for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Jefferson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 3, 1989, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1989, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:09 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Bullitt, 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, Apr 3, 5:11 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 508 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 5 PM EST A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF KENTUCKY NEAR LONDON. AS CLOUDS THIN OVER THE STATE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE COMMONWEALTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THESE WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS PARTS OF WEST KENTUCKY BY EARLY EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 6:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 610 PM EDT MON APR 3 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHWEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 9 PM EDT TONIGHT... AT 6 PM EST A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF KENTUCKY NEAR LONDON. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THESE SHOULD REMAIN JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WILL MOVE INTO FAR WEST KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Meade | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Breckinridge | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Oldham | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Bullitt, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Nelson | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Shelby, Spencer | 67 min |
| Apr 4, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 12:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin, Nelson | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Spencer | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Casey, Marion, Taylor | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 1:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Boyle | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Lincoln, Pulaski, Rockcastle | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Fayette, Garrard, Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Orange | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Floyd | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 10:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | LMK | Harrison | 27 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.