Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 1989, 6:10 PM EST for Bullitt County, Hardin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 1989, 6:10 PM EST (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 1989, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bullitt County, KY, Hardin 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 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 292310
TORSDF
KYC029-093-300000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
610 PM EST WED MAR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KENTUCKY
WEST CENTRAL BULLITT...NORTHERN HARDIN
AT 6 PM EST HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR
RINEYVILLE IN NORTHERN HARDIN COUNTY...28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LOUISVILLE.
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.
REITMEYERWhat 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, Mar 29, 5:06 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY 505 PM EST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT... AT 500 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED IN BOYLE COUNTY JUST EAST OF JUNCTION CITY KENTUCKY...28 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. ANOTHER THUNDERSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE ESTILL COUNTY MADISON COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSHOWERS WIIL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT AND SOME MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREA...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOYNICK
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 5:06 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 403 PM EST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF KENTUCKY TONIGHT.... HEAVIER RAINS COUPLED WITH SOME THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTH ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WEST AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. SEVERAL OF THESE SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY ESPECIALLY BETWEEN BOWLING GREEN AND EVANSVILLE. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM THIS MORNINGS RAINS FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THESE HEAVIER SHOWERS TONIGHT. PERSONS LIVING IN LOW LYING/FLASH PRONE AREAS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CF
Special weather statement, Mar 29, 5:11 PM EST, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LEXINGTON KENTUCKY 511 PM EST WED MAR 29 1989 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT... AT 500 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED IN BOYLE COUNTY JUST EAST OF JUNCTION CITY KENTUCKY...28 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. ANOTHER THUNDERSHOWER HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE ESTILL COUNTY MADISON COUNTY LINE. THESE THUNDERSHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSHOWERS WIIL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT AND SOME MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREA...YOU SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND/OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WOYNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | LMK | Hardin | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 31 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.