Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1989, 3:31 PM EDT for Shelby County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1989, 3:31 PM EDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1989, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Shelby 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 121931
TORSDF
KYC211-122000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
331 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
SHELBY
AT 320 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 18 MILES EAST OF
LOUISVILLE IN WEST SHELBY COUNTY NEAR SIMPSONVILLE. SHELBY
COUNTY POLICE CONFIRMED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR I 64 NEAR
SIMPSONVILLE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND ITS TRACK WILL TAKE IT INTO
THE CITY OF SHELBYVILLE BY 345 PM EDT.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
KIRKPATRICKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 12, 11:05 AM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 11 AM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 ....SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.... WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE SEVERE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS. AB
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 11 AM CDT MON JUN 12 1989 ....SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.... WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY COULD BE SEVERE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS. AB
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1215 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST KENTUCKY UNTIL 4 PM CDT... AT 1210 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS IN A CLUSTER AROUND PADUCAH IN WEST KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR BOWLING GREEN. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE WEST QUARTER OF THE STATE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THESE POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNPINGS. KIRKPATRICK
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT MON JUN 12 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 255 PM EDT....WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORMS WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO EAST KENTUCKY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE WEST THIRD OF THE STATE THROUGH 500 PM EDT...WITH THESE POSSIBLY PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KIRKPATRICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Todd | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.