Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1989, 8:55 PM EDT for Shelby County, Spencer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 1989, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1989, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Shelby County, KY, Spencer 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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSDF 090057
TORSDF
KYC211-215-090200-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
855 PM EDT JUL 8 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
...SOUTHERN SHELBY...SPENCER
SHORTLY BEFORE 9PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER SHELBY COUNTY. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH INTO SPENCER
COUNTY TOWARD THE CITY OF TAYLORSVILLE...20 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
LOUISVILLE.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.What 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, Jul 8, 5:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 507 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 500 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR LOUISVILLE. OTHER STORMS WERE LCOATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LONDON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY FROM SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA SOUTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT. IF THE WEATHER BECOMES UNUSUALLY THREATENING...SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY INDOORS. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 6:11 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 608 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 600 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. SEVERAL STORMS WERE NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST AND NORTHEST OF LONDON. THESE STORMS HAVE CONTINUED NEAR THE LONDON AREA FOR THE PAST TWO HOURS AND WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW AREAS IS LIKELY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPIG OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA JUST NORTH OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY ...PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND DISSIPATING. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 608 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 7 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS CLARK COUNTY INDIANA AND OLDHAM... HENRY AND SHELBY COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DECREASING OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY NEAR LONDON. HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE THIS EVENING. SCHOLZW
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 7:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 745 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 740 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY WEST OF FRANKFORT...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH FAYETTE AND NORTH MADISON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ALL THUNDlERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. IF STORMS APPROACH...GO TO SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER. WHITE
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 812 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 8 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WIND WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STORMS WERE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF LOUSIVILLE FROM OLDHAM AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES SOUTHEAST TO NEAR FRANKFORT. SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WIND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING AND DEVELOPING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. VERY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF THE STATE THIS EVENING. SCHOLZ
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 8:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KY 840 PM EDT SAT JUL 8 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 835 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST WOODFORD AND WEST FAYETTE COUNTIES...8 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED BY A WEATHER SPOTTER IN CENTRAL WOODFORD COUNTY AT VERSAILLES AT 830 PM EDT THIS EVENING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHELBY AND SPENCER COUNTIES OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST ANDERSON COUNTY AROUND 9 PM EDT. SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY CROSS EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. IF STORMS APPROACH...SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER. WHITE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Shelby, Spencer | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.